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RECORD 


FOR  THE  YEAR  1868. 


EDITED  BY 

A.  S.  PACIvAKD,  Jr.,  M.  D. 


SALEM. 

NATURALIST’S  BOOK  AGENCY. 
1809. 


Essex  Institute  Press. 


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HYMENOPTERA.  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  M.  D.,  .  .  .  1 

LEPIDOPTERA  (RHOPALOCERA).  By  S.  H.  Scudber,  .  6 

LEPIDOPTERA  (HETEROCERA).  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  M.D.,  13 

DIPTERA.  By  R.  Osten  Sacken, . 18 

COLEOPTERA.  By  J.  L.  Leconte,  M.  D.,  .  .  .  .25 

HEMIPTERA.  By  P.  R.  Uhler, . 33 

ORTHOPTERA.  By  S.  H.  Scudder, . 37 

NEUROPTERA.  By  P.  R.  Uhler, . 43 

ARACHNID  A.  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  M.  D.,  .  .  .  47 

AMERICAN  PSEUDO-SCORPIONS.  By  H.  A.  Hagen,  M.  D.,  48 


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JEgeriad.e  ending  with  the  word  “Texas”  (line  lfrom  bottom)  to  follow  the  word 
“Autumn”  on  p.  15  line  10  from  top;  p.  15,  line  3  from  bottom,  after  the  paren¬ 
thesis  add  rectilinea. 


INTRODUCTORY . 


The  year  has  been  one  of  very  considerable  activity 
among  our  entomologists,  as  evinced  by  the  appearance 
of  two  monthly  journals  devoted  purely  to  entomology  — 
the  "  American  Entomologist  ”  and  the  "  Canadian  Ento¬ 
mologist  ”  —  and  the  large  space  devoted  to  popular  ento¬ 
mology  in  the  "  American  Naturalist.” 

There  is  no  doubt  but  that  the  collection  and  descrip¬ 
tion  of  species  in  the  various  groups,  and  the  study  of 
practical  or  economical  entomology,  including  bee-keep¬ 
ing,  will  go  on  making  great  advances  and  producing 
most  important  results.  But  it  is  to  the  less  frequented 
fields  of  research  that  we  would  draw  the  attention  of 
entomologists.  In  the  art  of  bee-keeping  Americans  are 
rapidly  becoming  the  most  practised  and  expert  hands  ; 
but  for  the  science  of  this  art  we  are  indebted  to  Ger¬ 
man  and  French  physiologists  and  embryologists.  Our 
entomologists  need  to  pay  more  attention  to  the  anatomy, 
physiology,  and  to  the  study  of  the  development  of  insects, 
especially  as  bearing  on  the  subject  of  parthenogenesis. 
Another  subject  is  the  study  of  the  metamorphoses  after 
the  insect  has  left  the  egg,  and  especially  the  changes  un¬ 
dergone  in  passing  from  the  larval  to  the  pupal,  and  the 


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INTRODUCTORY. 


perfect  stage.  After  studying  the  anatomy  and  devel¬ 
opment  of  the  insect,  the  student  will  be  prepared  to 
investigate  the  more  difficult  and  crowning  theme  in  en¬ 
tomology —  that  of  the  morphology  of  insects,  or  their 
archetypal  forms. 

The  importance  of  the  study  of  the  geographical  distri¬ 
bution  of  insects,  and  the  collection  of  species  in  the  far 
West,  the  Pacific  slope  of  our  continent,  and  the  Arctic 
regions;  the  collection  and  the  rearing  of  larvae,  espec¬ 
ially  those  of  the  Hymenoptera,  Diptera,  Coleoptera 
and  Neuroptera,  to  which  little  attention  has  been  paid 
in  this  country,  are  obvious  to  all,  and  scarcely  need  be 
insisted  on  here. 

The  number  of  American  entomological  authors  whose 
articles  are  referred  to  in  the  Record  is  forty-five ;  while 
four  hundred  and  two  new  species  of .  North  American 
insects  have  been  described  in  American  journals  during 
the  year  1868. 

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While  the  Record  will  be  an  index  to  American  ento¬ 
mological  literature  published  during  the  year,  it  will  be 
issued  too  early  in  the  season  to  contain  many  references 
to  articles  relating  to  American  Entomology,  published 
in  European  journals.  These  will  be  given  in  the  yearly 
Record  succeeding,  which  it  is  hoped  will  be  published 
more  promptly  than  the  present  one.  European  ento¬ 
mologists  are  therefore  requested,  should  they  feel  so 
inclined,  to  send  promptly,  whenever  it  is  practicable, 
separately  printed  copies  of  such  of  their  papers  as  relate 
to  American  insects  to  the  Editor,  Salem,  Mass. 


RECORD  OF  AMERICAN  ENTOMOLOGY 


FOR  THE  YEAR  1  868. 


HYMENOPTERA. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  i,  137). 
Catalogue  of  a  small  collection  of  Hymenoptera,  made  in 
New  Mexico  during  the  summer  of  1867. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  1).  Cata¬ 
logue  of  a  collection  of  Hymenoptera,  made  by  Prof.  F. 
Sumichrast,  near  Cordova,  Mexico. 

Fr.  Sumichrast  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  39). 
Notes  on  the  habits  of  certain  species  of  Mexican  Hymen¬ 
optera,  presented  to  the  American  Entomological  Society, 
with  remarks  on  the  species  by  E.  Norton. 

Prof.  Sumichrast  thinks  that  Labidus  may  be  the  male  of  Eciton, 
and  gives  very  interesting  observations  on  the  habits  of  the  latter 
genus. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  Philad.,  ii, 
89).  A  list  of  the  Ichneumonidse  of  North  America,  with 
descriptions  of  new  species.  Part  II. 

E.  Norton  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  211).  Cata¬ 
logue  of  the  described  Tenthreclinkke  and  Urocerkke  of 
N.  America.  Continued. 


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HYMENOPTERA. 


E.  T.  Cresson  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii, 
165).  Descriptions  of  North  American  Bees,  No.  1. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi, 
393,  with  11  figures).  On  the  Structure  of  the  Ovipos¬ 
itor  and  homologous  parts  in  the  male  Insect.  An  ab¬ 
stract  is  given  in  the  author’s  "  Guide  to  the  Study  of 
Insects.”  Relates  mostly  to  the  ovipositor  of  Bombus. 

E.  Norton  (Amer.  Nat.  ii,  57).  Notes  on  Mexican 
Ants.  An  enumeration  is  given  of  species  collected,  with 
notes  on  their  habits,  at  Orizaba  and  Cordova ;  several 
new  species  are  enumerated,  which  are  described  in  the 
paper  next  cited. 

The  author  states  that  “it  is  a  matter  of  some  interest  to  notice, 
that  among  over  twenty  species,  about  half  of  which  are  unde¬ 
scribed,  not  one  is  known  in  the  United  States,  while  several  are 
found  in  Panama  and  Brazil.  Yet  many  of  them  live  in  the  temperate 
region  of  Mexico  !  ” 

E.  Norton  (Proc.  Essex  Inst.,  vi,  1868,  1).  Descrip¬ 
tion  of  Mexican  Ants  noticed  in  the  "American  Naturalist,” 
April,  1868. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  195,  with  figures) 
gives  an  account  of  the  parasites  of  the  honeybee,  mostly 
occurring  in  Europe. 

W.  J.  Beal  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  330)  states  that  the  honey 
bee  gleans  after  the  oriole,  which  pricks  a  hole  in  the 
flower  of  the  Missouri  currant,  the  honey  of  which  the 
bee  could  not  otherwise  obtain. 

APIDJE. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  i,  375)  describes  from  New 
Mexico,  Me lissodes  men uachus,  also  from  Colorado;  A.  atrifrons ,  also 
from  Col.;  A.  occidentale,  also  taken  in  Col.;  Perdita?  albipennis,  also 
from  Col. ;  Nomia?  Apacha ,  also  from  Col. ;  Nornia  Nortonii,  also  from 
Kansas  and  Col. ;  and  Andrena  mellea. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  165)  describes  as 
new  Colletes  valida,  from  Mass. ;  C. propinqua,  from  Mass.,  Penn.,  Va., 
and  Illinois ;  C.  compacta,  from  Conn,  and  Illinois ;  redescribes  C.  ince- 
qualis  Say,  from  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Penn.,  Illinois  and  Colorado  ; 
C.  Canadensis ,  from  Canada  West;  C.  distincta,  from  Georgia;  C. 


HYMENOPTERA. 


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Americana,  from  Mass.,  Delaware,  Virginia  and  Illinois ;  C.  simulans, 
from  Colorado ;  C.  consors ,  from  Colorado  ;  C.  albescens,  from  Illinois  ; 
C.  Azteca,  from  Orizaba,  Mexico  ;  C.  cethiops  from  Orizaba ;  C.  puncti- 
pennis,  from  Orizaba ;  C.  submarginata,  from  Cuba ;  C.  Mexicana,  from 

Orizaba. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide,  141,  pi.  5,  fig.  2)  describes  the  cells  of 
Osmia pacifica,  and  Augochlora pura  Smith  (143,  pi.  5,  fig.  1). 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (Messrs.  B.  D.  Walsh 
and  C.  V.  Riley,  i,  9,  figs.  4,  5)  describe  the  habits  of  Xylocopa  Carolina 
Linn.,  and  Anthophora  sponsa  Smith. 

J.  Angus  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  48)  notices  Anthrax  sinuata  as  parasitic 
on  Xylocopa  Virginica. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  52)  notes  the  benefit  done  to 
fruit  trees  by  bees  in  fertilizing  the  flowers. 

VESPIDA3. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  i,  375)  describes  from  New 
Mexico,  Polistes  flavus  ;  P.  Xavajoe,  also  occurs  in  Arizona;  Pterochi- 
lus  Lewisii ;  Odynerus  (Leionotus)  Taos ;  and  0.  rufinodus. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide,  152,  pi.  5,  fig.  5,  5a,  6,  6a)  notes  -the 
mode  of  beginning  their  cells  by  three  species  of  Virginian  Polistes. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide,  149)  gives  some  notes  on  the  larv£e  and 
nest  of  Vespa  arenaria  Eabr.,  and  (pi.  5,  fig.  12)  figures  the  nest  of 
Odynerus  birenimaculatus  Saussure. 

CRABEONID  AH . 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide,  160,  161)  describes  the  habits  of  Bhopa- 
lum  pedicellatum  Pack.,  Stigmus  fraternus  Say,  Cemonus  inornatus  Har¬ 
ris,  and  Passalcecus  mandibularis  Cresson,  and  (162)  Trypoxylum  frigi- 

dum  Smith. 


NYSSONIDJE. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  137)  describes  from  New 
Mexico,  Gorytes  tricolor  and  G.  propinquus,  also  from  Texas. 

Editors  of  American  Entomologist  (i,  8,  fig.  3)  describe  the  habits 
of  Stizus  grandis  Say. 

B.  Borden  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  36)  gives  an  account  of  the  habits  of 
Stizus  grandis  Say. 


SPHEGID2E. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  375)  describes  Coloptera 
Wrightii  from  New  Mexico.  It  is  the  first  species  yet  discovered  in 
America. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide,  167,  fig.  9)  describes  the  habits  of  Sphex 
ichneumonea  Linn.,  and  (168)  of  Sphex  tibialis  St.  Farg.,  and  169  (pi. 
5,  fig.  14)  the  larva,  pupa  and  habits  of  Pelopceus  Jlavipes  Fabr. 


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HYMENOPTERA. 


SCOLIIDJE. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  i,  375)  describes  Scolia 
(Discolia)  flavocostalis,  and  S.  (Discolia)  Lecontei,  from  New  Mexico. 

UEO  CERID  J3E . 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  i,  375)  describes  Urocerus 
areolatus  (with  a  figure  of  the  fore  wing)  from  New  Mexico. 

POMPILIDiE. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide,  174)  describes  the  larva,  pupa,  and  mode 
of  nesting  of  Pompilus  funereus  St.  Fargeau. 

J.  If.  Emerton  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  491)  gives  an  account  of  the  migra¬ 
tion  of  a  colony  of  Formica  fusca  Linn. 

FORMICIDJE. 

E.  Norton  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  46)  describes  as  new  Eciton 
tepeguas ,  with  probably  a  variety,  ferruginea ,  and  E.  clavicornis  from 
near  Cordova. 

E.  Norton  (Proc.  Essex  Inst.,  vi,  1)  describes  and  figures  as  new, 
from  Mexico,  Camponotus  (Formica)  fulvacens,  C.  (Formica)  nitidus, 
C.  (Formica)  nacerdus ,  G.  (Tapinoma)pzcea£ws,  C.  (Tapinoma)  tomento- 
sus,  Polyrhacis  arboricola ,  P.  strigata,  Ectatomma  ferruginea ,  Eciton 
brunnea ,  E.  Sumiclirastii ,  Pachycondyla  Orizabana ,  Pseudomyrma  thora- 
cica,  and  Cnyptocerus  multispinosus. 

J.  Angus  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  49)  gives  a  note  on  the  hibernation  of 
ants. 

ICHNEUMONIDJE. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  i,  1).  The 
author  finds,  in  the  large  material  forwarded  by  Prof. 
Sumichrast,  so  many  intermediate  forms  that  he  actually 
"  hesitates  to  say  what  is  an  Ichneumon ,  an  Hoplisme- 
nus ,  a  Joppa ,  or  a  Trogus ,”  and  provisionally  retains  all 
the  four  above  named  genera,  referring  the  most  doubtful 
species  to  Ichneumon . 

He  describes  as  new  from  near  Cordova  :  —  Ichneumon  Mexicanus,  I. 
Zapotecus,  I.  encaustus,  I.  Parredes ,  I.  Tepanecus ,  I.  Cholula,  I.  Toluca , 
1.  Chaleo ,  I.  Alvarado ,  I.  decorosus,  I.  centrosus,  I.  jugiosus,  I.  limita- 
ris ,  I.  tenuicornis,  I.  monitus,  I.  Totonacus,  I.  frivolus,  I.  tragicus,  I.  infu- 
latus,  I.  exquisitus,  I.  Montezuma ,  I.  Nestor ,  I.  Toros ,  I.famelicus,  I. 
tenebricus ,  I.  intentus,  I.  gracilentus,  I.  arista ,  7.  maritus,  I.  Tuxtla , 
I.  subspinosus ,  7.  Toltecus,  7.  teres,  7.  lectus ,  7.  Chichimecus,  I.  lenis, 


HYMEN  OPTER  A . 


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I.  Aztecus,  Hoplismenus  rixosus ,  H.  Otomitus,  II.  munitus,  II.  propin- 
quus ,  H.  picturatus,  H.  dissonus,  II.  minax,  H.  limatus ,  H.  occiput  alls,  H. 
acclivus,  II.  esurialis ,  H.  sc-utelloris ,  II.  abnormis ; CEdicephalus  (nov.  gen), 
which  seems  to  be  intermediate  between  Hoplismenus  and  Joppa. ;  (Ed 
longicornis,  (Ed.  sororius ,  and  Ed.  gracilicornis,  Joppa  inclyta ,  J.  ? 
egregia ,  J.  ?  aciculata,  J.  Sumichrastii,  J.  decorata,  J.  elegantula,  J.fumi- 
pennis,  Stilpnus  tenuicinctus,  Mesoleptus  calidus,  31.  melleus,  M.  bardus, 
31.  imbecillus,  M.  emaceratus,  M.  decorosus,  31.  ?  bucephalus,  Tryphon 
croceiventris,  T.  laticinctus,  Exochoides  3fexicana,  E.  concinna,  Exochus 
coeruleiventris ,  E.  tricarinatus,  and  E.  pulchripes. 

E.  T.  Ckesson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  91)  describes  as  new  IIop- 
lismenus  ornatus,  from  N.  York;  Trogus  atrocceruleus,  from  Louisiana; 
T.  austrinus ,  from  Georgia  and  Florida;  T.  marginipennis,  from 
Dakota  Terr. ;  T.  fulvipes ,  from  Maine ;  T.  atrox,  from  Dakota ;  T.  occi¬ 
dental^,  from  Dakota;  T.  Gopei,  from  W.  Ya. ;  T.  Bolterii,  from  Lake 
Superior ;  T.  elegans,  from  Maine ;  T.  Bileyi,  from  Illinois ;  Stilp¬ 
nus  Americanus ,  from  New  York  to  Penn. ;  S.  clypeatus,  from  Illi¬ 
nois  ;  S.  Hudsonicus,  from  Hudson  Bay  Terr. ;  Mesoleptus  elongatus, 
from  Mass. ;  31.  inceptus,  from  Mass,  and  Conn. ;  31.  propinquus,  from 
Mass,  and  Del. ;  31.  assiduus,  from  Mass. ;  31.  sedulus,  from  Mass,  and 
N.  J. ;  31.  insidiosus,  from  Mass. ;  31.  scapularis,  from  Conn. ;  31.  lion- 
estus,  from  Conn,  and  N.  J. ;  31.  albifrons,  from  Conn. ;  31.  luteifrons , 
from  Fort  Resolution,  Great  Slave  Lake,  H.  B.  T. ;  M.  fucatus,  from 
Conn,  and  West  Ya. ;  M.  cultus,  from  N.  J. ;  31.  eximius ,  from  Conn. ; 
31  facetus,  from  West  Ya. ;  31.  albocollaris  from  Illinois;  31.  triangu¬ 
laris,  from  Illinois ;  31.  pulcherrimus,  from  Conn. ;  31.  decens,  from 
Conn,  and  W.  Ya. ;  M. ?  muliebris,  from  W.  Ya. ;  31.? peregrinus,  from 
Conn,  and  N.  J. ;  31.?  ignotus,  from  W.  Ya. ;  31?  nasutus,  from  Penn. ; 
Tryplion  communis,  from  H.  B.  T.,  Mass,  to  Penn. ;  T.  scutellaris,  from 
Conn. ;  T.  varifrons,  from  Mass,  and  Conn. ;  T.  signatipes ,  from  H.  B. 
Terr. ;  T.  compressiventris,  from  Mass,  and  Conn. ;  T.  Burgessii,  from 
Mass. ;  T.  tarsalis,  from  Conn. ;  T.  cethiops,  from  Mass,  and  Conn. ; 
T.  ?  nasutus,  from  Illinois  ;  T.  ?  rufithoracicus,  from  Cuba ;  T.  crassus, 
from  Mass. ;  T.  dimidiatus,  from  New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania;  T.  an- 
nulipes,  from  Fort  Resolution,  Great  Slave  Lake ;  T.  burrus,  from 
Conn ;  T.  su\  1 rassus ,  from  Mass,  to  Penn. ;  T.  occidentalis,  from 
Illinois;  T.  frontalis,  from  Conn.;  T.  (Catocentris  Walsh)  philan- 
thoides,  from  Illinois;  T.  articulatus,  from  H.  B.Terr. ;  Bassus  tibia¬ 
lis,  from  Illinois;  B.  frontalis,  from  Conn.,  Penn,  and  Illinois;  B.  con- 
cinnus,  from  Conn. ;  B.  frigidus,  from  Great  Slave  Lake,  H.  B.  T. ; 
B.  agilis,  from  Conn,  and  Illinois ;  B.  pleurcilis,  from  Ohio ;  B.  scutel¬ 
laris,  from  Illinois ;  B.  sycophanta  (Walsli  MS.),  from  Conn.,  N.  York, 
Penn.,  Del.  and  Ill. ;  Cteniscus  annulipes,  from  Mass. ;  C.  vitticollis, 
from  Mass. ;  C.  clypeatus,  from  Great  Slave  Lake,  H.  B.  Terr. ;  C.  cen¬ 
sors,  from  Conn. ;  Exyston  clavatus,  from  Maine  to  Del.  and  Illinois ; 


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LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 


Exochus  propinquus,  from  Maine  to  Conn. ;  E.  atrocoxalis,  from  Da¬ 
kota;  E.  albifrons  (Walsli  MS.),  from  Illinois;  E.  carinatus,  from 
Mass.,  Conn,  and  Illinois;  E.  semirufus,  from  Mass.,  Conn.,  and  N.  Y. 

TENTHREDINIDJE. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide  216,  fig.  145)  figures  and  briefly  de¬ 
scribes  the  habits  of  the  larva  of  Abia  caprifolium ;  and  with  W.  C. 
Fish,  the  habits  and  larva  of  Pristiphora  identidem. 

Norton  (Guide,  220,  note)  describes  Nematus  trilineatus  n.  sp. ; 
Selandria  caryce ,  n.  sp.,  and  Lophyrns  pinus-rigidus ,  n.  sp.,  all  from 
Mass.,  and  gives  a  brief  synopsis  of  the  American  Lophyri. 

W.  C.  Fish  (Guide,  225)  briefly  notes  the  habits  of  Lophyrus  pinus- 
rigidus  Norton. 


LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 

The  most  important  work  which  has  appeared,  dur¬ 
ing  the  year,  upon  the  diurnal  Lepidoptera  of  North 
America,  is  "The  Butterflies  of  North  America,  with 
colored  drawings  and  descriptions”  by  W.  H.  Edwards, 
published,  in  quarto,  by  the  American  Entomological 
Society.  The  two  parts  which  are  already  out,  give 
colored  lithographs  of  both  surfaces  of  each  sex  of  the 
species  illustrated,  and  the  butterflies  selected  are  either 
new,  little  known,  or  those  species  which  have  been 
confounded  among  themselves.  In  particular,  Mr.  Ed¬ 
wards  has  rendered  good  service  by  carefully  drawn 
descriptions  and  most  accurate  illustrations  of  all  the 
larger  species  of  Argynnis,  excepting  A.  Idalia,  found 
on  this  side  of  the  continent.  Unfortunately  only  the 
perfect  insects  have  thus  far  been  represented  and  de¬ 
scribed,  but  the  author  promises  to  give  the  complete 
histories,  when  they  are  known,  and  furnish  illustrations 
of  the  earlier  stages  .whenever  it  is  possible  to  secure 
satisfactory  drawings.  After  the  completion  of  a  moder¬ 
ately  sized  volume  in  quarterly  instalments,  the  author 
will  be  able  to  judge  whether  sufficient  encouragement 


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warrants  the  continuation  of  the  work.  A  synopsis  of 
the  known  American  species  is  promised  within  the 
volume,  but  has  not  yet  been  commenced.  The  species 
figured  are  Argynnis  Diana ,  A.  Cybele,  A.  Aphrodite , 
A.  Hokomis ,  A.  Atlantis ,  A.  Calippe ,  A.  Hesperis , 
Colias  Alexandra ,  (7.  Helena ,  (7.  Christina ,  (7.  Behrii , 
and  Apatura  Alicia . 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  9-10)  gives  some 
notes  on  a  few  Canadian  butterflies. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  207-10) 
describes  two  new  North  American  butterflies,  Melitcea 
Marcia  and  Thecla  Ontario . 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Proc.  Amer.  Assoc.  Adv.  Sc., 
xvi,  154-7  ;  Amer.  Nat.,  i,  674-6)  compares  the  insect 
fauna  of  Mt.  Washington,  N.  H.,  with  that  of  Labrador. 
Most  of  the  examples  are  drawn  from  the  Heterocera ; 
but  five  species  of  butterflies  are  cited  as  circumpolar 
and  eight  as  inhabiting  exclusively  Labrador  and  Arctic 
America.  The  writer  thinks  that  “  Chionobas  semidea 
and  Argynnis  Montinus ,  thus  far  only  known  to  inhabit 
the  summit  of  Mt.  Washington,  may  still  be  found  north¬ 
ward,  or  if  not,  probably  became  extinct  at  the  North, 
finally  localizing  themselves  on  the  single  peak  where 
they  now  occur ;  on  the  other  hand  the  occurrence  of  C. 
Chryxus  on  Pike’s  Peak,  and  (7.  JTevadensis  found  in  Ne¬ 
vada,  is  in  favor  of  those  species  being  autochthonous.” 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide  to  Study  of  Insects,  244- 
56)  treats  of  the  Khopalocera  in  general,  and  begins 
his  account  of  butterflies  (to  be  concluded  in  the  next 
part, — 1869),  referring  particularly,  and  often  with  de¬ 
scriptions  of  the  earlier  stages,  to  Papilio  Asteidas ,  P. 
bi'evicauda ,  u .  sp.  (described  by  W.  Saunders),  P.  Tarn - 
us ,  P.  Daunus  (fig.),  P .  Troilus ,  P.  Philenor  (figs.), 
Parnassius  Smintheus ,  Pieris  oleracea  (figs.),  P.  rapce, 
P.  Protodice ,  Colias  Philodice,  C .  Labradorensis ,  C. 


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LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 


interior ,  G.  occidentals,  Terias  Lisa ,  T.  Delia,  Danais 
Archippus,  Heliconia  Melpomene,  Argynnis  Idalia,  A. 
Gybele,  A.  Atlantis,  A.  Aphrodite  (fig.),  A.  Myrina, 
A.  Bellona,  Melitcca  Phaeton  (fig.),  M.  Thar  os  and  M. 
Packardii,  nov.  sp.  (described  by  W.  Saunders). 

T.  Reakirt  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sc.  Pliilad.,  1868, 
87-91)  describes  a  number  of  new  species  of  Rhopalo- 
cera,  mostly  from  Mexico  and  New  Grenada,  viz : — 
Lyccena  marina,  Goniloba  dolores,  Pyrgus  Georgina, 
Cirrochroa  Tyche,  Papilio  Burtonii,  Dircenna  Bairdii, 
Mechanitis  Franis,  Pyrrhopyga  Bog otana,  Pyrgus  alana, 
Heliconius  Guarica. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  19)  gives  a  list  of  butterflies 
found  at  Amherstburg,  Ontario,  Canada. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent. ,  i,  11-12)  publishes  some  notes 
on  a  few  butterflies  captured  during  a  trip  to  Saguenay. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  375- 
84 ;  also  separate)  gives  a  supplement  to  his  previous 
list  of  the  "Butterflies  of  New  England,”  published  in 
1863.  He  increases  the  number  of  species  from  eighty-one 
to  ninety-three,  adding  four  new  species  of  Hesperia,  H . 
Quadaquina ,  H.  Aconootus ,  H.  Hianna  and  H.  Mesapa- 
no ;  various  notes  concerning  the  times  of  appearance  of 
the  different  species  are  appended. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  401 ; 
Ent.  Notes,  i,  6)  gives  short  descriptions  of  three  new 
species  of  butterflies  from  Iowa,  Ohrysophanus  Dione , 
Apatura  Proserpina  and  Hesperia  Iowa. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Check  List  Butterflies  of  New  Eng¬ 
land,  32mo.,  Boston,  1868,  7)  enumerates  ninety-five 
species,  of  which  two  (Hesperidae)  have  not  before  been 
recorded  from  that  region. 

PAPILIONID^E. 

Editors  of  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  6)  state  tliat 
the  larva  of  Papilio  Troilus  feeds  oil  sassafras  and  prickly  ash. 


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W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  207)  describes  a  curious 
specimen  of  Papilio  Turnus,  in  which  one-lialf  is  black  (P.  Glaucus), 
the  other  yellow  (P.  Turnus )  ;  not  an  instance  of  gynandromorphism, 
for  the  specimen  is  a  $  . 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Can.  Nat.,  i,  22)  records  Papilio  Machaon  from 
Hudson’s  Bay. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide,  274-8)  gives  a  description  by  W.  Saun¬ 
ders,  of  the  larva  of  Papilio  Troilus,  found  on  sassafras,  lilac  and 
the  spice  bush,  and  of  the  imago  of  Papilio  brevicauda  (nov.  sp.) 
Saunders,  from  Newfoundland,  which,  however,  may  be  only  a  variety 
of  P.  Asterias. 

T.  Reakirt  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sc.  Philad.,  1868,  89)  describes  Papilio 
Burtonii  from  N.  Grenada. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  19)  records  Papilio  Thoas,  P.  Asterias  and 
P.  Turnus  from  Amherstburg,  Ontario. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.  i,  11)  records  Papilio  Turnus  from  Tadou- 
sac,  and  P.  Asterias  from  Cacouna,  Canada. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  375-6)  gives  addi¬ 
tional  notes  upon  the  times  of  appearance  of  the  larva,  chrysalis  and 
imago  of  Papilio  Asterias  and  P.  Turnus. 

L.  Trouvelot  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  91-2)  compares  the 
young  larvae  of  Papilio  Turnus,  P.  Troilus  and  P.  Asterias ,  and  gives 
an  account  of  the  interesting  way  in  which  P.  Turnus  makes  a  carpet 
of  silk  on  which  it  rests. 

PIERID-ZE. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Butterflies  of  North  America,  Pt.  2)  describes  and 
figures  Golias  Alexandra,  $,  $,  from  the  Mountains  of  Colorado, 
C.  Helena,  $,  $,  from  Mackenzie’s  River,  C.  Christina,  $,  $ ,  from 
Slave  River,  and  C.  Behrii,  $,  5,  from  the  Yo  Semite  Mountains  of 
California. 

♦ 

J.  C.  Merrill,  Jr.  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  300)  announces 
the  appearance  of  Pieris  rapce,  in  various  localities  in  northern  Ver¬ 
mont. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide,  249-50)  describes  the  larva  of  Pieris 
oleracea,  and  (from  Saunders’  notes)  the  pupa  of  P.  Protodice ;  the 
former  feeds  on  the  turnip.  He  also  gives  descriptions,  by  W.  Saun¬ 
ders,  of  the  eggs,  larva  and  chrysalis  of  Colias  Philodice  ;  the  larva 
feeds  on  clover,  lupine  and  the  pea. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Can.  Nat.,  i,  19)  records  Pieris  oleracea,  P.  Protodice 
and  Colias  Philodice  from  Amherstburg,  Ontario. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  11)  records  Pieris  rapce  as  common  at 
Ha  Ha  Bay,  Chicoutimi  and  Cacouna,  and  Colias  Philodice  as  found 
at  Tadousac  and  Cacouna,  Canada. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  300)  states  that 
Pieris  rapce  has  been  taken  in  Lewiston,  Me. 

ENT.  RECORD.  2. 


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LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 


S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Post.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  376)  adds  Pieris 
rapce,  P.  Protodice ,  Colias  Eurytheme  and  Anthocaris  Genutia  to  his  list 
of  New  England  butterflies,  and  adds  farther  remarks  upon  Pieris 
oleracea  and  Colias  Philodice. 

P.  S.  Sprague  (Can,  Nat.,  i,  21)  records  the  appearance  of  Pieris 
rapce  at  Lewiston,  Me.  and  Montpelier,  Yt. 

DAN  AIDES. 

Editors  op  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  28-9)  record 
several  instances  of  vast  flights  of  Danais  Archippus  and  give  figures 
of  the  caterpillar,  chrysalis,  and  imago. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  19)  records  Danais  Archippus  from  Am- 
herstburg,  Ontario. 


HELICONIDJE. 

T.  Reakirt  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sc.  Philad.,  1868,  89-91)  describes 
Dircenna  Bairdii,  nov.  sp.,  allied  to  D.  Jemima;  Mechanics  Franis, 
nov.  sp.,  allied  to  M.  Menapis ;  and  Heliconius  Guarica ,  nov.  sp., 
allied  to  H.  Hydara ;  all  from  New  Grenada. 

NYMPHALIDJE. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  9)  records  the  capture  of  Argynnis 
Atlantis  at  Quebec. 

B.  Billings  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  28-9)  records  a  station  for  Melitcea  Phae¬ 
ton  near  Ottawa,  Can. ;  and  gives  some  memoranda  concerning  its  time 
of  appearance,  etc. 

Editors  of  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  39)  describe 
the  caterpillar  of  Vanessa  interrogation is,  found  on  the  hop  vine. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Butterflies  of  North  America)  describes  and 
figures  Argynnis  Diana ,  $ ,  $ ,  from  Georgia  and  the  lower  part  of 
W.  Virginia;  A.  Cybele,  $,  $,  from  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Pennsyl¬ 
vania  and  Virginia  and  westward  to  Illinois  ;  A.  Aphrodite ,  $ ,  $  ,  from 
Canada  to  West  Virginia  and  Illinois;  A.  Nolcomis,  $ ,  from  Montana; 
A.  Atlantis ,  $ ,  ?,  from  British  America  and  the  elevated  parts  of 
New  York  and  New  England;  A.  Calippe ,  $ ,  $,  from  California ;  A. 
Hesperis,  $ ,  $,  from  Colorado ;  and  Apatura  Alicia,  $,  $,  from  New 
Orleans.  No  histories  of  the  insects  are  given,  but  the  author  dis¬ 
cusses  at  length  the  distinction  between  A.  Cybele  and  A.  Aphrodite  and 
the  synonyms  to  be  applied  to  each,  and  under  A.  Diana  treats  at  some 
length  of  the  remarkable  diversity  of  the  sexes,  discussing  the  rela¬ 
tion  of  the  insect  to  the  fossil  butterfly,  Vanessa  Pluto ,  a  wood-cut 
of  which  is  given;  the  author  says  he  is  “  apt  to  believe  that  our 
superb  Diana  comes  of  a  venerable  antiquity,  and  is  entitled  to  rank 
as  the  head  of  this  large  and  beautiful  family.” 

W.  II.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  207-9)  describes  Melitcea 
Marcia ,  nov.  sp.,  from  New  York  to  Louisiana.  The  author  considers 


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this  to  have  been  formerly  confounded  with  31.  Tharos ;  he  farther 
discusses  the  species  described  by  Boisduval,  under  the  names  of  31. 
Tharos  and  31.  pulchella. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  219)  gives  figures  of  the  caterpil¬ 
lar  and  chrysalis  of  Melitcea  Phaeton.  He  states  that  the  larva  hiber¬ 
nates  and  feeds  on  Aster,  Viburnum,  and  Hazel. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide,  252-6)  describes  the  larva  and  chrysalis 
of  Argynnis  Atlantis  and  31elitcea  Phaeton ,  and  of  the  chrysalis  of 
31.  31yrina.  He  also  gives  a  description  by  W.  Saunders,  of  the  egg 
and  different  stages  of  the  larva  of  31elitcea  31yrina ,  and  of  the  imago 
of  31.  Packardii,  nov.  sp.,  allied  to  31.  Tharos. 

T.  Reakirt  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sc.  Philad.,  1868,  89)  describes  the 
$  of  Cirrochroa  Tyche  Feld.,  from  Mindora,  Philippine  Isl. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  19)  records  Vanessa  31ilberti,  V.Progne, 
Limenitis  Disippus,  Argynnis  Cybele  and  Militcea  Tharos  from  Amherst- 
burg,  Ontario. 

F.  G.  Sanborn  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  326)  describes  the 
case  in  which  the  larva  of  Limenitis  31isippus  hibernates. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  11)  records  Aryynnis  Atlantis  and  A. 
31yrina  from  Cacouna ;  3Ielitcea  Harrisii  from  Ha  Ha  Bay ;  31.  Tharos 
from  Ha  Ha  Bay  and  Cacouna ;  Vanessa  31ilberti  from  Ha  Ha  Bay ;  and 
Pyrameis  Cardui  from  Saguenay  River,  Canada. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  378-80)  adds  Grapta 
gracilis  to  his  list  of  New  England  butterflies  (described  in  his  previ¬ 
ous  list  as  a  lioary-banded  form  of  G.  C-argenteum )  and  makes  addi¬ 
tional  remarks  upon  the  times  of  appearance  and  food-plants  of 
Limenitis  Misippus,  Argynnis  Atlantis ,  A.  Aphrodite ,  A.  31ontinus,  A. 
Bellona,  31elitcea  Nycteis  (31.  (Enone  of  previous  list),  31.  Harrisii 
(the  synonyms  appended  to  this  species  in  the  previous  list  belong 
to  31.  Nycteis ),  Pyrameis  Cardui,  P.  Atalanta,  Junonia  Coenia,  Vanessa 
Antiopa,  V.  J-album  and  V.  31ilbertii. 

P.  S.  Sprague  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  41-2)  refers  to  the  time  of  appearance 
of  3Ielitcea  Phaeton. 

MORPHIDES. 

H.  Hagen  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  163-4)  records  an  in¬ 
stance  of  an  imago  of  31orpho  Ilioneus  from  Brazil,  bearing  the  head 
of  the  caterpillar.  But  one  previous  instance  has  been  noticed 
among  butterflies,  that  of  Limenitis  populi  of  Europe,  described  by 
Wesmael. 

SATYRIDES. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  9)  records  the  capture  of  Cliionobas 
Jutta  near  Quebec. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  380)  adds  short  re¬ 
marks  upon  Chionobas  semidea,  Satyrus  Alope  and  Nepliele,  8.  Port- 
landia,  Hipparchia  Boisduvalii  and  Neonympha  Eurytris. 


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LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 


LIBYTHEIDJ3E3. 

AY.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  25-G)  records  Libythcea  Bachmanii 
from  Hamilton,  Canada,  and  gives  a  figure  and  description  of  the 
imago. 

LYO^ENIDAB. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  8)  states  that  Polyommatus  Epixanthe 
abounds  near  London,  Canada. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  10)  states  that  the  larva  of  Theda 
strigosa  feeds  on  the  thorn,  and  records  the  capture  of  Lyccena  Pem¬ 
bina  at  Cacouna,  Canada. 

AY.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  209-10)  describes 
Theda  Ontario ,  nov.  sp.,  near  T.  humuli,  from  Canada. 

A.  R.  Grote  and  C.  T.  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  i,  323-4; 
Descript.  Amer.  Lep.,  iii,  1-2)  describe  Theda  inorata  (T.  Ealacer 
Bd.  and  Lee.)  from  Canada,  N.  York  and  Georgia,  and  give  the 
synonomy  of  the  species  closely  allied  to  it. 

A.  R.  Grote  and  C.  T.  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  179-80; 
Descript.  Amer.  Lep.,  iv,  1-2)  review  what  has  been  written  concern¬ 
ing  Theda  Falacer  Godart,  and  the  species' allied  to  it.  According  to 
the  latest  opinion  of  these  authors  there  are  four  species,  Theda 
Calamus ,  T.  Acadica,  T.  lorata  and  T.  inorata,  which  have  been  more 
or  less  confounded ;  they  endeavor  to  explain  their  confused  synony¬ 
my,  and  the  conflicting  views  which  authors  have  held. 

C.  S.  Minot  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  98)  states  that  Chryso - 
phanus  Americanus  is  three  brooded. 

T.  Reakirt  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sc.  Philad.,  1868,  87)  describes  Lyccena 
marina,  nov.  sp.,  allied  to  L.  (Cassius,  from  Mexico. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  21)  announces  the  discovery  of  a  new 
Theda,  T.  Ontario,  from  Port  Stanley,  Canada. 

AY.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  3-4)  describes  the  larva  and  chysalis  of 
Polyommatus  Americanus,  which  he  believes  to  hibernate  in  the  larval 
state. 

AY.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  12)  records  Lyccena  Pembina  and  Poly¬ 
ommatus  Americanus  from  Cacouna,  Canada,  and  describes  the  larva 
of  the  former,  taken  on  Yicia  cracca. 

AY.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  26)  records  Lyccena  violacea  from  Can. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  377-8)  describes 
Thecla  Clothilde  from  Maine ;  adds  Thecla  Acadica  and  T.  Henrici  to 
the  list  of  New  England  butterflies,  and  makes  farther  remarks  upon 
the  history  of  Chrysoplianus  Epixanthe,  Polyommatus  Porsenna,  Thecla 
Falacer,  T.  strigosa,  T.  Auburniana,  T.  Niplion,  T.  Mopsus,  and  T. 
Augustus. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  435-6;  Ent.  Notes, 
i,  10-11)  describes  Thecla  Juanita,  nov.  sp.,  allied  to  T.  Halesus, 
from  Elorida. 


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C.  P.  Whitney  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  162-3)  describes 
Theda  Souhegan ,  nov.  sp.,  from  New  Hampshire. 

HESPEBXDJE. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  122)  describes  Hesperia 
Waco,  nov:  sp.,  from  Texas. 

T.  Reakirt  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sc.,  Philad.,  1868,  88-90)  describes  the 
following  new  species  of  Hesperidae :  Goniloha  dolores  and  Tyrgus 
Georgina  from  Mexico ;  and  Pyrropyga  Bogotana  and  Pyrgus  alana  from 
New  Grenada. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  12)  records  Nisoniades  Persius  from  Ha 
Ha  Bay,  and  Hesperia  Mystic  from  Ha  Ha  Bay  and  Cacouna,  Canada. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  380-84)  describes 
Hesperia  Quadaquina,  nov.  sp.,  near  II.  Pocahontas,  from  Mass,  and 
Conn. ;  H  Acanootus,  nov.  sp.,  near  H.  Manataaqua,  from  Mass. ;  H. 
Hianna,  nov.  sp.,  near  H.  punctella,  from  Mass,  and  N.  Hampshire; 
and  H.  Mesapano,  nov.  sp.,  near  H.  Mandan  from  Maine.  He  also 
adds  to  the  New  England  butterflies  Hesperia  verna  and  H.  vialis, 
unites  Hesperia  Hegon  with  H  Samoset,  described  as  distinct  in  his 
previous  list,  and  makes  additional  remarks  on  Heteropterus  margina- 
tus,  Nisoniades  Persius ,  Eudamus  Lycidas,  Hesperia  Metacomet ,  H. 
Massasoit,  H.  Leonardus,  II.  Egeremet,  H.  Manataaqua ,  II.  Ahaton,  H. 
Samoset  and  H.  Monoco. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Check  List,  7)  records  Hesperia  Delaware  and  H. 
Logan  from  New  England. 


LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 

A.  R.  Grote  and  C.  T.  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent. 
Soc.,  i,  323).  Descriptions  of  American  Lepidoptera, 
No.  3. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  65).  On 
the  North  American  Platypteryginae. 

A.  R.  Grote  and  C.  T.  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent. 
Soc.,  ii,  67).  Notes  on  the  North  American  Lepidoptera 
in  the  British  Museum,  and  described  by  Mr.  Francis 
Walker.  Carrying  with  them  material  for  comparison, 
and  aided  by  the  kind  attentions  of  Dr.  Gray,  Messrs. 
Walker,  Waterhouse  and  Butler,  the  authors  have  been 
able  to  identify  many  of  the  species  described  by  Mr. 


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LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


Walker,  which  were  previously  unknown  to  American 
entomologists  except  by  name,  and  their  notoriously  in¬ 
sufficient  limitation  in  Walker’s  "Lists  of  the  Lepidop- 
terous  Insects  ”  in  the  British  Museum.  These  corrections 
and  notes  on  synonymy,  which  are  of  great  value  to  ento¬ 
mologists,  relate  to  all  the  families  of  moths. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  115).  On 
the  synonymy  of  certain  species  of  American  Lepidop- 
tera.  These  remarks  are  mostly  due  to  an  examination  of 
types  of  moths  in  the  British  Museum,  the  Museum  of  the 
Jar  din  des  Plantes ,  and  Dr.  Clemens’  types. 

A.  R.  Grote  and  C.  T.  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent. 
Soc.,  ii,  179).  Descriptions  of  North  American  Lepidop- 
tera,  No.  4. 

A.  R.  Grote  and  C.  T.  Robinson  (List  of  the  Lepi- 
doptera  of  North  America,  I.  Published  by  the  Ameri¬ 
can  Entomological  Society,  Philad.  The  catalogue-  is  a 
synonymical  one,  and  contains  the  Sphingidae,  JEgeri- 
adae,  Thyridae,  Zygaenidae,  and  Bombycidse  of  that  part 
of  the  continent  lying  North  of  Mexico. 

SPHINGIDJE. 

Grote  and  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  i,  325)  describe  as 
new,  Sesia  Thetis  from  California,  which  agrees  closely  with  S.  difflnis. 

Grote  and  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  179)  describe 
as  new,  Sesia  axillaris ,  from  Texas,  and  from  the  study  of  this  species 
reduce  Hsemorrhagia  to  the  rank  of  a  subgenus ;  and  redescribe  Eupro- 
serpinus  Phaeton  G.  and  R.,  from  California. 

Editors  of  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.  21,  fig.  10)  de¬ 
scribe  the  habits  of  Sphinx  quinquemaculata  Haworth. 

C.  J.  S.  Betiiune  (Can.  Ent.  i.  10),  notices  the  occurrence  in  Can¬ 
ada  of  Lepisesia  flavofasciata  Walk.,  Hcemorrhagia  gracilis  G.  and  R., 
H.  Tliysbe  (Eabr Aellopos  Tantalus  (Linn.),  Thyreus  Abbotii  Swains., 
Amphion  Nessus  (Cram.),  Otus  Choerilus  (Cram.),  0.  Myron  (Cram.), 
0.  versicolor  (Harris),  and  Philampelus  pandorus  (Walker). 

.iE  GERIAD  JE . 

Grote  and  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.  ii,  179)  describe 
JEgeria  pictipes  (pi.  2,  fig.  64,  $)  from  Penn. ;  Zenodoxus,  nov.  gen., 
Z.  maculipes  from  Texas;  Cressonia  juglandis  (Smith),  Macrosila  quin- 


LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


15 


quemaculata  (Haw.),  Daremma  undulosa  Walk.,  Ceratomia  Amyntor 
(Hiibn.),  Sphinx  eremitus  (Hiibn.),  S.  chersis  (Hiibn.),  and  Ellema  Har- 
risii  Clem.;  also  describes  (1.  c.,  26)  the  larva  of  Philompelus  satellitia ; 
and  notices  Sphinx  quinquemaculata  Haw.,  S.  cinerea  Harris,  and  Da- 
rapsa  pampinatrix  (Smith). 

E.  B.  Reed  (Can.  Ent.  40)  notices  the  musical  sounds  produced  by 
the  larva  of  Smerinthus  exccecatus  Harris. 

P.  S.  Sprague  (Can.  Ent.  41)  states  that  Macrosila  celius  G.  and  R., 
(Sphinx  5-maculata  Haw.),  M.  Carolina ,  and  Hemileuca  Maia  Walk., 
appeared  in  the  imago  state  in  the  late  summer  or  in  the  autumn. 

ZYG^NIDJE. 

Grote  and  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  i,  326)  describe  and 
figure  as  new,  Alypia  dipsaci  (pi.  6,  fig.  37,  $  )  ;  A.  Sacramenti  (pi.  6, 
fig.  38,  $)  ;  A.  Lorquinii  (pi.  6,  fig  39,  $)  and  A.  Mariposa  (pi.  6,  fig. 
40,  $),  all  from  California.  Also,  Ctenucha  ochroscapsus,  and  rede¬ 
scribe  C.  rubroscapsus  MSnetries  from  California.  They  also  rede¬ 
scribe  Gnophcela  (Walker)  vermiculata  Grote  ( Omoiala  vermiculata 
Grote),  who  states  that  it  mimics  the  butterfly  Stalachtis  heliconides ; 
and  describe  as  new  Gnophcela  Hopfferi  from  California,  and  state  that 
a  fourth  species  of  this  genus  from  Mexico,  and  allied  to  C.  vermicu¬ 
lata  G.  andR.,  from  Colorado  Territory,  is  contained  in  the  extensive 
collection  of  Dr.  Eelder,  in  Vienna. 

W.  Saunders  (Can/ Ent.,  12)  notes  the  occurrence  at  Cacouna  of 
Alypia  Langtonii  Couper,  and  at  Ha  Ha  Bay  of  Ctenucha  Virginica 
Charp. 

Grote  and  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  i,  326)  describe  Eu- 
scirrhopterus  Gloverii,  from  Texas;  Cydosia  aurivitta  from  Texas,  re¬ 
marking  that  Pitch’s  Deiopeia  bella  is  probably  a  species  of  Cydosia. 

BOMBYCIDiE. 

Grote  and  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  i,  326,  pi.  6,  fig.  42,  $  ) 
figure  Epicallia  virginalis  Boisd.,  from  California.  They  consider 
Epicallia  guttata  Pack.  (. Agarista  guttata  Boisd.),  as  a  genuine  species, 
from  the  examination  of  several  specimens.  They  also  describe  Arctia 
Achaia  (pi.  6,  figs.  45,  $,  46,  $)  from  California,  and  redescribe  A • 
Dahurica  Boisd.  from  California,  noting  its  occurrence  on  the  Aleu¬ 
tian  Isles  ;  and  Nemeopliila  ccespitis  and  W.  Cichorii  from  California. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  65)  remarks  on  the  sy¬ 
nonymy  and  gives  a  list  of  the  species  of  Platypteryginse. 

Grote  and  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  179,  pi.  2,  fig.  63, 
$ )  describe  Cisthene  unifciscia  from  Florida  and  Texas  \  Monoleuca, 
nov.  gen.,  M.  semifascia  (pi.  2,  fig.  62,  J^)  from  W.  Va.  and  Texas; 
Limacodes  (Lithacodes,  pi.  2,  fig.  61)  from  South  Carolina;  Adoneta 
pygmcea  from  Texas ;  Heuretes,  nov.  gen.,  H.  picticornis  from  St. 
Thomas,  W.  I.,  with  a  description  of  the  cocoon ;  Psyche  confederata 


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LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


(pi.  3,  fig.  66;  case,  67,  $),  from  Texas  (the  moth  alluded  to  by  us 
in  the  Synopsis  of  U.  S.  Bombycidae,  is  the  Platoeceticus  Gloverii)  ; 
Ichthyura  ornata from  California;  Hemileuca  Grotei  (Hopffer  MS.,  pi.  2, 
fig.  60)  from  Texas;  Hyperchiria  Zelleri  (pi.  2,  fig.  65)  from  the  United 
States. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide,  11,  figs.  11,  12)  describes  the  thorax  of 
Telea  Polyphemus ,  and  compares  it  with  that  of  Hepialus. 

Editors  of  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.  i,  39)  notice  the 
occurrence  of  Hyperchiria  Io  Walk.,  on  the  hop  vine,  and  of  Edema 
albifrons  Walker,  on  the  oak.  On  p.  40,  they  describe  the  stinging 
properties  of  the  spines  of  Empretia  stimulea  Clem. ;  and  notice  the 
habits  of  Cither onia  regalis  Hiibn ;  on  p.  59,  the  occurrence  of  Hypliantria 
textor  Harris,  on  the  hickory;  and  on  p.79,  fig.  67,  notice  the  habits  of 
Orgyia  leucostigma  Smith. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  12)  notes  the  occurrence  of  Spilosoma 
Virginica  (Fabr.),  and  Telea  Polyphemus  Eabr.,  at  Ha  Ha  Bay,  and 
Crocota  ferruginosa  Walk.,  at  Cacouna.  On  p.  18,  Gnophria  vittata 
Harris;  Euphanessa  mendica  (Walk.);  Crocota  rubicundaria  Hiibn.; 
Utetlieisa  bella  Hiibn. ;  Callimorpha  Clymene  (Esper)  are  recorded. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Can.  Ent.  19)  notices  the  occurrence  at  Amherstburg, 
Ontario  Co.,  Canada,  of  Arctia  Saundersii  Grote,  and  A.  phalerata 
Harris. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  20)  describes  the  larva  of  Callimorpha 
Lecontei  Boisd. ;  and  on  p.  26,  he  notices  Pyrrharcha  Isabella ,  Arctia 
phalerata  Harris  ;  and  A.  Saundersii  Grote. 

W.  Y.  Andrews  (Amer.  Nat.  311)  writes  on  the  Cynthia  Silkworm. 

R.  Bunker  (Amer.  Nat.,  381)  states  that  he  has  bred  a  Platysamia 
Cecropia  “  without  antennae.” 

NOCTUTDJE. 

Grote  and  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  i,  339)  describe  Arza- 
ma  oblignata  (pi.  6,  fig.  47,  $)  from  New  York;  Gortyna  purpurifascia 
(pi.  7,  fig  51,  $)  from  Mass.;  Gortyna  speciosissima  (pi.  7,  fig.  52,  $) 
from  Seekonk,  R.  I.;  Gortyna  inqucesita  from  New  York  and  Rhode 
Island;  Hydroecia  sera  pi.  7,  fig.  55,  Canada  to  Penn.;  Xanthia 
ralla  (pi.  7,  fig.  49,  $)  Trenton  Falls;  Xanthia  puta  (pi.  7,  fig.  50, 
$)  Trenton  Falls;  Agrotis  collaris  (pi.  7,  fig.  53,  $)  from  New  York; 
Agrotis  geniculata  (pi.  7, fig.  54,  from  Philadelphia;  Agrotis repentis 
(pi.  7,  fig.  58,  from  New  York ;  Agrotis  murcenula  (pi.  7,  fig.  48,  $  ) 
from  New  York  and  Rhode  Island;  Agrotis  violaris  (pi.  7,  fig.  59, 
from  Penn. ;  Xylina  Betliunei  (pi.  7,  fig.  56,  $),  Canada  to  Long  Island, 
and  New  York;  Xylina  capax  (pi.  7,  fig.  57,  $)  from  Penn.;  Erastria 
synochitis  from  Mass,  to  Penn. ;  E.  musta  from  New  York  to  Penn. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  13)  notes  the  occurrence  of  Agrotis  suffusa 
W.  Verz.,  at  Ha  Ha  Bay. 

Grote  and  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  179)  consider  Mi- 


LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA.  17 

croccelia  obliterate.  Grote,  as  a  variety  of  M.  diphter  odes  Guen6e,  and 
figure  it  (pi.  3,  fig.  70,  ?  )  ;  they  describe  as  new,  Acronycta  morula  (pi. 

3,  fig.  75,  $)  from  N.  York;  they  describe  and  figure  Hadena  distincta 
(pi.  3,  fig.  72,  $)  from  the  Atlantic  district;  H.  subjuncta  (pi.  3,  fig.  71, 
d);  Chcephora,  nov.  gen.,  C.  fungorum  (pi.  3,  fig.  74,  $)  from  the 
Atlantic  district;  Cucullia  convexipennis  (pi.  3,  fig.  76,  $),  Atlantic 
district;  Dyops  futilis  (pi.  3,  fig.  73,  $)  from  Florida;  and  Plusia 
mappa  from  Canada. 

Editors  of  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  22,  fig.  11)  de¬ 
scribe  the  habits  of  Gortyna  nitela  Gu6n. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Can.  Ent.,  19)  notes  the  occurrence  at  Amlierstburg  of 
Catocala  amatrix  Hiibn.,  and  C.parta  Guen. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Proc.  Amer.  Assoc.  Adv.  Sc.,  156)  states  that 
Anarta  nigrolunata  Pack.,  is  identical  with  A.  melanopa  Thunberg,  and 
notices  its  occurrence  on  Mt.  Washington,  N.  H.,  and  also  of  A.  leu- 
cocycla  Staud.,  in  the  same  locality;  and  that  A.  bycicla  Pack.,  is  iden¬ 
tical  with  A.  melaleuca  Thunberg,  from  Lapland. 

PHALJEWIDJE. 

Grote  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  115)  describes  Calledapteryx, 
nov.  gen. ;  C.  dryopterata,  n.  sp. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  13)  notes  the  occurrence  of  Angeronia 
crocaotaria  Guen.,  at  Ha  Ha  Bay;  Corycia  albata  Guen.,  at  Cacouna; 
Melanippe  gothicata  Guen.,  “  abundant  between  Ha  Ha  Bay  and  Chicou¬ 
timi  ;  common  also  at  Tadousac  and  Cacouna,”  and  Scotosia  undulata 
Linn.,  at  Tadousac  and  Cacouna. 

Editors  of  American  Naturalist  (Amer.  Nat.  ii,  333)  figure  Euda- 
limia  subsignaria  Hubn.,  and  notice  its  habits. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Proc.  Amer.  Assoc.  Adv.  Sc.)  records  the  occur¬ 
rence  of  Cidaria  truncata  Hufn.  var.,  and  C.  abrasaria,  H.-S.,  in  Lab¬ 
rador,  and  states  that  Melanippe  hastata  Linn.,  is  not  distinguish¬ 
able  from  M.  gothicata  Guen.,  taken  in  Labrador. 

PYRALIDJE. 

Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  13)  notes  the  occurrence  of  Ennychia  octo- 
maculata  (Linn.),  at  Cacouna. 

Editors  of  American  Naturalist,  (Amer.  Nat.  ii,  333)  figure  the 
different  stages  of  Hypena  humuli  Harris,  and  pupa  and  adult  of  Eythia 
colonella  Hiibn. 

TORTRICIDiE. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  115)  describes  Tortrix  Riley- 
ana,  probably  from  Illinois.  The  larva  feeds  on  the  hickory  and 
Sy  mphoricarpus . 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Journal  of  Horticulture,  Boston,  Oct.)  gives  the  his¬ 
tory  and  description  (with  figures)  of  Penthina  Fullerea,  n.  sp. 

ENT.  RECORD.  3 


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DIPTERA. 


TINEID  AS  . 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide,  p.  67)  describes  the  changes  undergone 
by  the  larva  of  a  species  of  this  family,  before  assuming  the  pupa  state. 


DIPTERA. 


Mr.  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr. : 


New  York,  January  27,  1869. 


Dear  Sir:  —  You  have  asked  me  to  prepare  for  your  “Entomolog¬ 
ical  Record  ”  a  short  statement  of  the  present  state  of  American  Dip- 
terology  and  its  desiderata  in  the  future.  You  have  also  expressed  the 
desire  that  to  this  statement  should  be  added  an  account  of  what  has 
been  done  for  American  Diptera  in  1868. 

As  it  has  happened,  very  unfortunately,  that  for  the  last  twelve  years 
I  have  been  the  only  person  in  America  who  has  appeared  before  the 
public  as  taking  an  interest  in  general  dipterology,  you  will  allow  me, 
I  hope,  to  express  myself  in  my  own  name  and  in  the  first  person. 
This  will  enable  me  to  express  my  opinions  with  more  directness,  and 
it  will  enable  your  readers  to  value  those  opinions  according  to  the 
more  or  less  confidence  they  may  place  in  my  experience  and  in  my 
judgment. 

I  am,  etc., 


R.  OSTEN  SACKEN. 


The  publication  of  my  "  Catalogue  of  the  Described 
Diptera  of  North  America,”  in  1858,  showed  that  up  to 
that  time  about  eighteen  hundred  Diptera  from  that  part  of 
the  world  had  been  described,  and  that  these  descriptions 
were  scattered  in  nearly  one  hundred  different  publications, 
in  seven  languages.  Besides  the  inconvenience  of  having 
these  descriptions  so  much  scattered,  their  study  soon 
proved  that  most  of  them,  principally  those  of  Mr. 
Walker’s,  were  utterly  unavailable  for  the  purpose  in 
view,  i.  e.,  the  recognition  of  the  described  species.  Not 
only  were  the  descriptions  insufficient,  but  a  great  many 
species  were  synonymous  with  species  formerly  described, 
or  they  were  placed  in  the  wrong  genera,  even  in  the 
wrong  families.  As  an  instance  of  the  insufficiency  of 


DIPTERA. 


19 


the  then  existing  descriptions,  the  genera  Dolichopus  and 
Trypeta  may  be  quoted.  Thirty-two  species  of  Dolichopus 
were  described  previous  to  1858  (compare  Catalogue, 
etc.,  p.  t>9)  ;  nevertheless,  when  Mr.  Loew  was  preparing 
his  Monograph  of  the  American  Dolichopodidce ,  although 
he  had  forty -seven  species  of  Dolichopus  before  him,  he 
was  able  to  recognize  a  single  one  only  among  the  extant 
descriptions.  The  consciencious  labor  which  he  bestowed 
upon  the  critical  examination  of  these  descriptions,  may 
be  witnessed  on  pages  20  to  24  of  the  Monographs  of 
North  American  Diptera,  vol.  ii.  In  the  genus  Trypeta, 
the  Catalogue,  etc.  enumerates  forty-five  described  spe¬ 
cies  ;  of  these,  however,  about  one-half  have  been  recog¬ 
nized  since  as  synonymes,  or  as  not  even  belonging  at  all 
to  the  genus  Trypeta.  The  study  of  most  of  the  other 
larger  genera,  as  Tachina,  Tahanus,  Syrphus,  Chiron- 
omus,  Culex  and  others,  will  give  exactly  similar  results. 

Thus,  from  the  literature  on  American  Diptera,  as  it 
stood  in  1858,  only  a  very  imperfect  knowledge  of  the 
real  condition  of  the  American  fauna  could  be  gathered. 

Having  formed  a  considerable  collection  of  Diptera 
during  the  first  three  years  of  my  residence  in  this  coun¬ 
try,  I  availed  myself  of  the  offer  to  describe  them,  which 
Mr.  Loew,  the  foremost  among  European  dipterologists, 
had  previously  made  me.  Owing  to  the  peculiar  difficul¬ 
ties  attending  the  study  of  the  order  of  Diptera,  it  was 
my  full  conviction  that  a  truly  scientific  basis  for  the  pur¬ 
suance  of  this  study  in  America  had  to  be  laid  by  an  Eu¬ 
ropean  entomologist.  Two  circumstances  especially 
strengthened  me  in  this  conviction ;  the  necessity  to  form 
new  genera,  requiring  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
already  existing  genera  from  all  parts  of  the  world  ;  the 
frequent  occurrence  of  species  common  to  both  conti¬ 
nents,  requiring  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  European 
fauna,  the  possession  of  an  European  collection,  and  a 


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DIPTERA. 


great  experience  in  the  difficult  task  of  comparing  closely 
resembling  species. 

The  principal  publications  of  Mr.  Loew  on  North  Amer¬ 
ican  Diptera,  have  appeared  in  two  forms  ;  in  monographs 
of  single  families,  and  in  detached  descriptions  of  new 
species.  The  materials  were  derived,  besides  my  collec¬ 
tions,  from  different  other  sources. 

The  first  volume  of  the  "  Monographs  of  the  Diptera  of 
North  America,”  published  by  the  Smithsonian  Institu¬ 
tion,  appeared  in  1862.  It  contains,  besides  a  sketch  of 
the  systematic  arrangement  and  the  terminology  of  the 
Diptera,  the  monographs  of  the  following  families  :  Try- 
pet/idoe,  Sciomyzidce  and  Ephydrinidw,  all  prepared  by 
Mr.  Loew ;  and  besides,  a  paper  on  the  Cecidomyidcie , 
written  by  me. 

The  second  volume  of  these  monographs,  etc.,  appeared 
in  1864,  and  contains  an  elaborate  monograph  on  the 
North  American  Dolichopodidce  by  Mr.  Loew. 

A  third  volume  is  finished  by  Mr.  Loew  in  manuscript, 
and,  it  is  to  be  hoped,  will  be  published  soon. 

In  the  mean  time,  I  had  prepared  a  fourth  volume,  con¬ 
taining  the  first  part  of  a  Monograph  on  the  North  Amer¬ 
ican  Tipulidce ,  one  of  the  few  families  of  insects  on  which 
I  felt  competent  to  write.  This  volume,  printed  in  1868, 
was  distributed  early  in  January,  1869. 

The  detached  descriptions  of  new  species  were  pub¬ 
lished  by  Mr.  Loew,  under  the  title  of  Diptera  Americoe 
Septentrionalis  Indig enci,  in  the  Berliner  Bntomologische 
Zeitschrift ,  since  1861.  The  descriptions  are  in  Latin. 
Eight  centuries  of  such  descriptions  have  appeared,  and 
Mr.  Loew  expects  soon  to  issue  two  more,  thus  to  com¬ 
plete  the  thousand  of  new  species.* 

The  "  Monographs  ”  and  the  "  Centuries "  thus  repre¬ 
sent  the  principal  progress  made  by  American  Dipterol- 

*  The  first  five  centuries  have  been  issued  also  as  a  separate  volume. 


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ogy  between  1858  and  1868.  Other  publications,  which 
have  appeared  during  this  interval,  both  in  this  country 
and  in  Europe,  are  not  numerous. 

If  I  am  asked  now,  what  the  desiderata. :  for  the  future 
of  this  branch  of  science  in  America  are,  I  would  answer  : 

1.  Continue  the  publication  of  North  American  Dip- 
tera  in  monographs. 

2.  Avoid  as  much  as  possible  the  publication  of  de¬ 
tached  species,  either  singly  or  in  numbers. 

The  cases  when  the  publication  of  detached  species  of 
Diptera  can  be  really  useful  in  the  present  state  of  Amer¬ 
ican  dipterology  are  rare,  and  will  easily  suggest  them¬ 
selves  to  the  good  sense  of  the  unprejudiced. 

Conscientious  monographs  are  always  useful. 

Let  monographs  be  prepared  of  the  families  of  Dip¬ 
tera  on  the  same  plan  as  the  monograph  of  the  Dolicho- 
podidoe  by  Mr.  Loew,  or  of  the  Tipulidce  by  me.  Let  the 
series  of  these  monographs  begin  with  the  larger  forms 
and  the  more  numerous  families,  as  the  Tabanidce,  the 
Asilidce ,  the  Stratiomyidce,  the  Bombylidae ,  the  Syrphi- 
dce,  the  Empidoe,  etc.  Such  a  basis  being  laid  with 
those  families,  the  study  of  which  is  comparatively  easy, 
the  difficult  ones,  as  the  Chironomidoe ,  Culicidce ,  and  the 
numerous  groups  of  the  Muscidce ,  will  follow.  The  study 
of  these  difficult  families  must  be  the  work  of  special¬ 
ists.  Mr.  Winnertz  of  Crefeld,  Prussia,  devoted  more 
than  twenty-five  years  to  the  study  of  the  genus  Cerato- 
pogon ,  the  genus  Cecidomyia  and  the  family  Mycetophi- 
lidoe.  During  that  long  period  of  patient  collecting,  draw¬ 
ing  and  describing,  he  published  only  four  monographs 
of  moderate  size.  And  it  is  certain  that  without  such 
patient  collecting,  drawing  and  describing  for  a  number 
of  years,  any  monograph  of  such  genera  as  Ceratopogon 
or  Sciara ,  would  have  been  worthless.  Diptera  are  not  like 
the  other  orders  of  insects,  where  a  very  superficial  com- 


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DIPTERA. 


parison  of  two  specimens  enables  one  in  most  cases  to 
decide  whether  they  belong  to  the  same  species  or  not. 
Each  family  of  Diptera  requires  an  especial  study,  and  a 
dipterologist  may  be  very  well  versed  in  some  families 
without  being  able  to  express  any  opinion  with  regard 
to  questions  concerning  others. 

The  nature  of  specific  characters  and  their  relative 
importance  is  different  in  every  family.  In  one  genus  for 
instance,  the  hairs  around  the  mouth  afford  a  good  specific 
character,  as  their  color  is  constant ;  but  these  same  hairs 
would  be  useless  as  a  leading  character  in  the  next  family, 
because  that  coloring  is  variable.  In  one  genus  the 
venation  is  constant,  in  another  it  is  variable.  A  general 
entomologist  can,  in  most  cases,  determine  tolerably  well 
a  box  of  unnamed  Coleoptera,  if  he  has  a  well-determined 
collection  for  comparison.  Not  so  with  Diptera.  Except¬ 
ing  the  larger  and  easily  recognizable  forms,  it  would  be 
futile  for  a  general  entomologist  to  attempt  a  similar 
effort  with  unnamed  Diptera.  Nay  a  general  dipterologist 
would  be  unable  to  do  it ;  under  such  conditions  he  would 
be  competent  to  name  the  species  of  those  families  only, 
of  which  he  had  made  a  special  study  previously. 

Specialization  is,  therefore,  the  motto  of  dipterology. 
Amateurs  may  collect  and  name  Diptera,  but  let  them 
not  publish  anything,  until  they  have  chosen  some  single 
family  and  nearly  exhausted  it  by  study  and  collecting. 
If  they  try  such  a  course  they  will  find  that  the  exhaustive 
study  of  a  single  family  is  far  more  remunerative,  both 
in  pleasure  and  in  usefulness,  than  the  random  descrip¬ 
tions  of  numerous  new  species,  prolific  of  hearty  male¬ 
dictions  on  the  part  of  the  future  monographists. 

As  an  especial  desideratum  in  the  present  state  of 
American  dipterology,  I  would  suggest  the  preparation 
of  a  new  catalogue  of  the.  hitherto  published  American 
Diptera.  Since  the  publication  of  my  catalogue  in  1858, 


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more  than  a  thousand  new  species  have  been  described. 
At  the  same  time,  the  comparison  of  the  descriptions  of 
the  formerly  described  species  has  revealed  numerous 
synonymes  and  errors  of  location.  The  catalogue  of 
1858  was  simply  a  list,  a  mere  compilation ;  the  new  one 
should  be,  for  some  families  at  least,  a  synonymical  cata¬ 
logue.  If  any  one  should  attempt  the  useful  work  of  the 
preparation  of  such  a  catalogue,  it  would  be  necessary 
for  him  to  put  himself  in  communication  with  Mr.  Loew, 
who  will  be  able  to  communicate  a  large  number  of  data 
in  the  way  of  synonymes  and  corrections. 

Another  work,  very  desirable  for  the  future  progress 
of  American  dipterology,  would  be  the  preparation  of  a 
supplement  to  Mr.  Loew’s  "Centuries  of  North  American 
Diptera,”  enabling  entomologists  to  use  them  with  more 
facility.  It  should  consist  of  analytical  tables  for  deter¬ 
mining  the  species  of  the  larger  genera,  and  of  syno¬ 
nymical  and  other  remarks,  which  must  have  suggested 
themselves  to  the  author  in  preparing  the  descriptions. 
The  aim  of  the  publication  of  the  Centuries  undoubtedly 
was  to  anticipate  bad  describers,  and  to  shut  them  out,  if 
I  am  allowed  to  use  this  expression,  by  the  issue  of  a 
large  number  of  species  belonging,  for  the  most  part,  to 
the  more  common  forms  of  the  North  American  fauna. 
These  species  have  now  the  advantage  of  being  described 
by  a  dipterologist  of  eminence,  of  being  placed  in  the 
proper  genera,  and  of  having  new  genera  adopted  for 
them,  wherever  it  was  necessary.  But  it  must  be  ac¬ 
knowledged  at  the  same  time,  that  unless  the  Centuries 
are  provided  with  a  Supplement  such  as  I  suggest,  they 
will  deter  beginners  from  the  study  of  Diptera,  and  there¬ 
fore  arrest  the  progress  of  dipterology  in  America.  As 
a  matter  of  course,  the  Supplement  I  propose  ought  to  be 
written  either  by  Loew  himself,  or  by  some  one  under 
his  immediate  supervision. 


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DIPTERA. 


The  publications  on  North  American  Diptera  during  the  year  1868, 
are  confined,  as  far  as  I  am  aware  at  present,  to  the  fourth  volume  of 
the  “  Monographs  of  North  American  Diptera,”  issued  early  in  Janu¬ 
ary,  1869,  and  to  the  publication,  in  the  “  Transactions  of  the  Amer¬ 
ican  Entomological  Society,”  July,  1858,  of  the  description  of  Aedes 
cinereus,  n.  sp.  Both  were  written  by  me. 

The  Preface  to  the  fourth  volume  of  the  Monographs  explains  its 
contents  as  follows : 

“  The  present  volume  contains  the  first  part  of  a  Monograph  of  the 
North  American  Tipulidce ,  that  is,  the  Tipulidce  brevipalpi,  the  Cylin- 
drotomina,  and  Ptychopterina.  The  Tipulidce  longipalpi  are  reserved 
for  another  volume. 

“The  ground  covered  in  this  monograph  is  the  same  as  that  of  my 
former  essay  :  ‘  New  genera  and  species  of  the  North  American  Tipu¬ 
lidce  with  short  palpi,  with  an  attempt  at  a  new  classification  of  the 
tribe  (in  the  ‘  Proceedings  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  of  Phil¬ 
adelphia,’  1859),  that  is,  it  embraces  all  the  known  North  American 
species,  at  the  exclusion  of  those  from  the  West  Indies  and  Mexico. 
But  if,  instead  of  the  sixty  pages  which  the  above-mentioned  essay 
contains,  the  present  volume  fills  nearly  three  hundred  and  sixty,  this 
is  owing  partly  to  the  increase  of  materials  at  my  disposal,  partly  to 
the  much  greater  development  which  I  have  given  to  the  paragraphs 
concerning  the  classification.  When,  in  1859,  I  adopted  an  entirely 
new  distribution  of  the  Tipulidce ,  I  considered  it  as  only  provisional, 
because  it  was  based  exclusively  on  North  American  species.  Since 
then,  however,  it  has  proved  available  in  a  more  general  application, 
and  has  been  introduced  by  Dr.  Schiner  in  the  European  fauna.  I 
have  therefore  deemed  it  necessary  to  explain  my  views  on  that  dis¬ 
tribution  with  more  accuracy,  and  have  treated  the  classification  with 
almost  as  much  detail  as  if  I  was  writing,  not  a  faunistic  but  a  gen¬ 
eral  monograph  of  the  family.” 

The  volume  contains  the  description  of  one  hundred  and  forty-two 
species,  only  seventeen  of  which  have  been  described  by  previous 
authors.  Ninety  were  described  by  me  in  previous  publications  and 
thirty-five  are  published  now  for  the  first  time. 

The  new  genera  introduced  are  : 

Trochobola  (Section  Limnobina') ;  (Syn.  Discobola  O.  S.  in  Proc. 
Ent.  Soc.  Philad.,  1865,  p.  226;  type  T.  argus  Say.) 

Orimarga  (Section  Limnobina  anomala)  ;  type  0.  alpina  Zett.,  from 
Europe.  (The  genus  has  not  been  found  in  America  yet.) 

Atarba  (Section  Limnobina  anomala ) ;  type  A.  pictipennis,  n.  sp., 
from  the  United  States. 

Empeda  (Section  Eriopterina ) ;  type  E.  stigmatica,  n.  sp.,  from  the 
United  States. 

Sigmatomera  (Section  Eriopterina )  ;  from  Mexico. 


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Jjlomorpha  (Section  Limnophilina )  ;  type  TJ.  pilosella  0.  S.,  from 
the  United  States. 

Plectromyia  (Section  Amalopina )  ;  type  P.  modesta,  n.  sp.,  from  the 
United  States. 

Bapliidolabis  (Section  Amalopina)  ;  type  B.  tenuipes,  n.  sp.,  from  the 
United  States. 

The  monograph  is  provided  with  tables,  facilitating  the  determina¬ 
tion  of  the  genera  and  species.  Two  plates  and  several  wood-cuts 
illustrate  the  venation  of  forty-four  wings  ;  two  other  plates  the  struc¬ 
ture  of  the  forceps  at  the  end  of  the  abdomen  of  the  male. 

E.  T.  Cox  (Proceedings  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii)  gives  an  ac¬ 
count  of  an  Ephydra  and  Eristalis,  found  in  the  brine  pools  of  the 
Equality  Salt  Works,  Gallatin  Co.,  Illinois. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  remarks  that  he  had  found  a  Chironomus  living- 
in  the  sea  water  in  Salem  Harbor,  and  two  other  species  of  Ephydra, 
one  from  probably  brackish  water  in  Labrador,  and  the  other  from 
the  shores  of  Narraganset  Bay,  communicated  to  him  by  Dr.  T. 
d’Oremieulx.  The  Ephydra  and  puparium,  and  Chironomus  from  Salem 
Harbor,  are  noticed  and  figured  in  the  “American  Naturalist,”  p.  277. 

L.  Trouvelot notices  in  the  “Proceedings  of  the  Boston  Soc.  Nat. 
Hist.,”  xi,  p,  437,  the  occurrence  of  a  larva  of  an  CEstrus  beneath  the 
skin  on  the  under  side  of  the  neck  of  a  rabbit. 


COLEOPTERA. 

The  contributions  made  to  our  knowledge  of  the  Cole- 
optera  of  temperate  North  America,  during  the  past  year, 
have  been  neither  numerous  nor  important.  The  system¬ 
atic  work  of  classification,  and  the  labor  of  describing  the 
heretofore  unnamed  forms  are  still  performed  by  but  very 
few.  From  the  great  interest  taken  by  many  collectors 
in  having  their  species  correctly  named,  and  from  the 
gradually  increasing  recognition  by  agriculturists  of  the 
necessity  of  accurate  scientific  knowledge,  by  which  they 
may  distinguish  their  friends  from  their  foes,  we  augur  a 
better  future,  and  think  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when 
both  observers  and  investigators  will  increase  in  number 
and  ability. 

Economic  entomology  has  been  greatly  benefited  by 

ENT.  RECORD.  4 


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COLEOPTERA. 


the  establishment  of  the  "American  Entomologist,”  a 
monthly  journal  published  at  St.  Louis,  in  which  much 
science  is  conveyed  to  the  public  in  a  popular  and  agreea¬ 
ble  form,  and  numerous  errors  of  quackery  and  tradi¬ 
tion  fearlessH  and  effectually  exposed.  May  its  success 
be  great  and  enduring. 

The  notes  on  Coleoptera  contained  in  the  numbers  pub¬ 
lished  in  1868,  are  as  follows  : 

In  an  exhaustive  monograph  on  "  Potato-bugs,”  the  fol¬ 
lowing  species  are  figured,  described,  and  their  habits 
carefully  noted,  on  pages  22-26:  Baridins  trinotatus 
Say,  Lytta  vittata  Fabr.,  L.  cinereci  Fabr.,  Macrobasis 
Fabricii  Lee.,  L.  marginata  Fabr.,  L.  cinerea  Forster, 
Lema  trilineata  Oliv.,  Haltica  cucumeris  Harris,  and  on 
page  42,  Doryphora  10-lineata  Say. 

On  p.  32,  Euryomia  melancholica  is  mentioned  as  at¬ 
tacking  pears,  probably  for  the  exuding  juice,  as  the  fruit 
(p.  Ill)  appears  to  have  been  previously  bored  by  other 
insects.  On  p.  51,  a  new  enemy  of  the  larva  of  the  plum 
Curculio  is  mentioned,  in  the  larva  of  Chauliognathus 
Pensylvanicus ,  which  preys  upon  them. 

By  observation  it  has  been  ascertained  (p.  76)  that 
Oncicleres  cingidatus  girdles  the  twigs  of  several  genera 
of  trees,  a  fact  of  some  importance,  as  no  phytophagic 
varieties  have  yet  been  noticed. 

The  "Canadian  Entomologist,”  an  excellently  conducted 
but  smaller  publication,  of  less  popular  scope,  has  also 
been  established  during  the  past  year,  and  contains  notes 
on  various  luminous  Coleopterous  larvte.  It  seems  to  me 
that  we  must  be  prepared  to  find  in  the  Serricorn  series 
more  numerous  examples  of  this  singular  power  than 
have  yet  been  suspected ;  and  in  fact,  when  we  reflect 
that  in  one  of  the  lower  terms  of  the  series,  the  Lam- 
pyridse,  the  phenomenon  is  frequent  in  all  stages  of  de¬ 
velopment,  while  in  the  higher  term,  the  Elateridae,  it 


COLEOrTERA. 


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is  manifested  in  the  imago  of  but  one  genus,  it  is  reason¬ 
able  to  suppose  that  the  larvae  of  allied  genera  will  be 
found  to  be  luminous,  and  in  the  course  of  development 
this  mark  of  inferiority  will  disappear  in  the  perfect  in¬ 
sect.  Such  in  reality  must  be  the  case,  as  there  are 
already  on  record  two  examples  of  larvae,*  resembling, 
in  the  distribution  of  the  luminous  spots,  those  described 
by  Baron  Osten  Sacken  (Proc.  Ent.  Soc.,  Philad.,  i,  125, 
pi.  1,  fig.  8),  and  supposed  by  him  and  myself  to  belong 
to  a  species  of  Melanactes,  a  genus  of  Elateridse  thus  far 
confined  to  North  America,  as  Pyrophorus  is  to  the 
warmer  regions  of  our  continent. 

The  luminous  power  of  the  larger  larvae  described  by 
Baron  Osten  Sacken  was  not  at  that  time  fully  ascertained 
by  him,  but  has  since  become  familiar  by  the  discovery  of 
several  living  specimens  in  different  parts  of  the  country. 
One  was  sent  me  by  mail  from  Indiana,  but  it  died  be¬ 
fore  transforming  into  the  pupa  :  the  light  emitted  was  of 
a  beautiful  emerald  green  color,  in  spots,  on  each  side 
of  every  segment. 

A  very  valuable  "First  Annual  Report  on  the  noxious 
insects  of  Illinois,”  by  Benjamin  D.  Walsh  (Chicago, 
1868),  records  the  fact  that  the  pulp  of  the  grape  is  at¬ 
tacked,  and  the  grape  crop  sometimes  much  injured  by  a 
small  Curculionide,  Codiodes  incequalis  Say.  On  another 
page,  Mr.  Walsh  points  out  the  differences  between  the 
"  phytophagic  species”  of  Conotrachelus  nenuphar,  as  it 
affects  the  species  of  plum  or  walnut,  which  consist  in 
size,  and  in  the  color  of  the  transverse  band  of  pubes¬ 
cence  of  the  elytra :  those  which  infest  the  walnut  are 
much  larger,  and  the  band  is  ochreous  yellow ;  those  of 
the  plum  are  smaller  and  the  band  is  white. 

*  One  in  India,  vide  Trans.  Ent.  Soc.,  London,  3rd  ser.,  ii  (Proceed¬ 
ings),  101,  and  the  other  in  Brazil,  named  provisionally  by  Mr.  Andrew 
Murray,  Astraptor  illuminator ,  Jour.  Linnsean  Soc.,  London,  Zool.  x, 

74,  pi.  8. 


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COLEOPTEKA. 


There  is  an  analogous  difference  in  races  of  Sajoercla 
Candida  Fabr.,  to  which  my  attention  was  first  called  by 
my  esteemed  correspondent,  Charles  Sonne,  of  Chicago, 
which  attacks  the  apple  and  its  nearest  native  ally,  the 
Crataegus  ;  those  from  the  cultivated  trees  have  the  elytral 
vitta  uniform,  while  in  those  which  infest  the  Crataegus 
there  is  a  dark  spot  in  the  middle  of  the  vitta  near  the 
base  :  of  this  race  there  are  five  males  before  me,  but  I 
have  not  yet  seen  any  female. 

In  the  same  report  there  is  an  account  of  the  habits  of 
Anthonomus prunicida  Walsh,  the  larva  of  which  attacks 
the  kernel  of  the  plum ;  a  specimen  kindly  sent  me  by 
the  author,  appears  to  be  the  same  as  A.  scutellaris  Lee. 
(Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sc.,  1858,  77),  though  larger  than  the 
other  specimens  in  my  collection. 

In  descriptive  and  systematic  entomology  the  follow¬ 
ing  publications  on  Coleoptera  have  appeared  in  the 
"  Transactions  of  the  American  Entomological  Society,” 
the  second  volume  of  which  was  commenced  in  May, 
1868.  The  first  two  are  by  the  writer  of  the  present 
review  : 

"New  Coleoptera  collected  on  the  Survey  of  the  Union 
Pacific  Railway,  E.  D.,  from  Kansas  to  Fort  Craig,  New 
Mexico,”  containing  -descriptions  of  twenty-seven  new 
species  ;  one  of  them,  Tojposcojms  Wrightii ,  is  the  type  of 
a  new  genus  representing  on  this  continent  the  European 
JEvaniocera ,  but  differing  by  the  eyes  being  divided,  and 
also  by  the  form  of  the  claws,  which  are  not  pectinate, 
but  bifid  at  tip  and  feebly  toothed  as  in  Ancholoemus 
Gerst.  ;  there  are  other  minor  differences  in  the  form  of 
the  antennae,  the  head,  and  the  pro  thorax,  for  which  the 
student  may  refer  to  the  original  memoir. 

The  only  other  points  worthy  of  mention  at  the  present 
time  are,  the  remarkable  number  of  species  of  Ochodceus , 
the  characters  of  which  are  exhibited  in  a  synoptic  table : 


COLEOPTERA. 


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they  are  ten  in  number,  six  being  new  ;  and  the  discovery 
of  a  species  of  Anomala  (A.  cavifrons ),  which  belongs  to 
the  division  Phombonyx  Hope,  having  all  the  tarsal 
claws  acute  and  undivided  :  this  group  was  known  previ¬ 
ously  as  occurring  only  in  Europe  and  Siberia. 

"  Coleoptera  of  the  United  States  Coast  Survey  Ex¬ 
pedition  to  Alaska,  under  charge  of  Mr.  George  David¬ 
son,”  containing  descriptions  of  six  new  species  of  vari¬ 
ous  genera,  and  a  synoptic  table  of  the  fifteen  species  of 
Cychrus  known  to  inhabit  the  Pacific  slope  of  the  United 
States.  The  six  new  species  are,  Promecognathus  cras- 
sus,  Simplocaria  infiata,  Throscus  validus  and  sericeus , 
Pctctopus  (n.  g.)  Hornii ,  a  Eucnemide  allied  to  Throscus, 
but  having  fusiform  instead  of  clavate  antennas,  and  Ex- 
opsoides  incisci,  the  last  genus  being  new  to  our  fauna. 

"Catalogue  of  Coleoptera  from  south-western  Virginia,” 
by  George  H.  Horn,  M.  D.,  containing  descriptions  of 
Anophthalmus pusio ,  A.  pubescens,  Anillus  fortis,  Atinus 
(n.  g.)  monilicornis  (Ctenistes  mon.  Brendel,  Proc.  Ent. 
Soc.,  Philad.,  1866,  190),  a  Pselaphide  with  two  equal 
claws,  and  moniliform  antennae,  remarkable  for  the  very 
small  size  of  the  maxillary  palpi.  It  represents  in  our 
fauna  the  European  genus  Chennium.  Dr.  Horn  notes 
the  occurrence  in  Canada  and  in  Tennessee  of  the  Euro¬ 
pean  Xecrophilus  subterrcinens ,  a  very  remarkable  fact 
in  geographical  distribution,  unless  accidentally  intro¬ 
duced  in  earth  around  the  roots  of  imported  trees. 

"New  species  of  Coleoptera  from  the  Pacific  slope  of 
the  United  States,”  by  George  H.  Horn,  M.  D.  This 
memoir  consists  of  descriptions  of  twenty-four  new  spe¬ 
cies  all  of  great  interest,  and  comprising  Omits  submetcd- 
licus ,  n.  sp.,  and  the  following  genera  new  to  our  fauna, 
Pachyteles  testaceus,  Eutheia  colon ,  Triarthron  Lecontei , 
Xanthopygus  cacti ,  Sphcerius  politics ,  Mecy notarsus  del- 
icatulus ,  Prostenus  Californicus.  The  genus  Languria 


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COLEOPTERA. 


( convexicollis )  is  also  indicated  for  the  first  time  from 
the  western  slope  of  the  continent,  and  the  Mexican  Au- 
licus  JSfp.ro  Spin.,  is  added  to  our  fauna. 

The  following  new  genera  are  characterized :  Rhino - 

O  O 

jolatia ,  an  GEdemeride  with  a  rather  prolonged  muzzle, 
related  to  the  European  Chitona. ,  but  differing  by  the 
entire  mandibles,  and  by  minor  characters  in  the  form  of 
the  eyes  and  mentum.  The  species  R.  rujicollis  is  brassy 
black,  with  rufous  prothorax  :  Roreosjoasta ,  a  Meloide  in¬ 
termediate  between  Melo'e  and  Henons ,  with  elytra  not 
imbricate  and  contiguous  only  along  the  anterior  third  of 
the  sutural  margin,  but  differing  from  both  as  well  as 
from  Nomaspis,  which  has  a  similar  conformation  of  ely¬ 
tra  by  the  claws  being  not  cleft,  but  toothed  as  in  Megetra 
and  Cysleodemus . 

"  Synopsis  of  the  Scolytkke  of  America,  north  of  Mex¬ 
ico,  by  C.  Zimmermann,  M.  D.,  with  Notes  and  an  Ap¬ 
pendix  by  J.  L.  LeConte,  M.  D.”  This  paper  contains 
extracts  from  the  MSS.  of  the  late  Dr.  Zimmermann,  with 
descriptions  of  other  species  not  contained  in  his  collec¬ 
tion,  which  were  accessible  to  the  editor.  In  the  extracts 
from  the  MSS.  there  are  described  eighteen  previously 
known  and  eleven  new  species  :  the  Appendix  contains  in 
addition  nine  species  of  Plcityjms ,  cited  from  the  admi¬ 
rable  monograph  of  Dr.  Chapuis,  twenty-eight  described, 
and  thirty-seven  new  species,  all  of  which  have  been  sub¬ 
jected  to  examination,  while  fourteen  described  by  other 
authors  remain  unknown  or  unrecognized.  This  memoir 
is  worthy  of  the  attention  of  arboriculturists,  as  it  will 
enable  them  to  identify  the  species  of  this  most  pernicious 
family  which  attack  their  trees,  and  thus  to  make  reliable 
observations  upon  their  habits  for  future  use.  The  paper 
contains  descriptions  of  fifty-five  recognized,  forty-eight 
new,  besides  the  fourteen  unrecognized  ;  or  a  total  of  one 
hundred  and  seven  species  of  this  family,  a  much  larger 


COLEOrTERA. 


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number  than  was  supposed  to  exist  in  our  territory.  Sev¬ 
eral  new  genera  are  established  in  this  memoir,  the  char¬ 
acters  of  which  cannot  here  be  detailed. 

"  Notes  on  insects  bred  from  the  Prickly  Ash  ( Xan - 
tlioxylon  Americanum) ,  by  Henry  Shinier,  M.  D.,”  in 
which  is  described  Leiopus  xantlioxyli ,  a  new  species,  and 
the  frequent  occurrence  of  Lccmopldoeus  adustus  Lee.,  and 
Sacrum  fascicitum  on  the  bark  is  noted.  Micracis  sutu- 
ralis  Lee.,  a  Scolytide  described  in  the  preceding  paper 
is  also  parasitic  on  this  tree. 

"A  brief  extract  from  notes  on  Grape-vine  borers,” 
by  Dr.  Shinier,  mentions  the  frequent  occurrence  of 
Amphicerus  bicaudatus  ( $  Apate  bic.  Say,  9  aspericollis 
Germ.),  and  of  Lyctus  opaculus  Lee. 

Dr.  Horn  notes  in  the  "Proceedings”  Ent.  Soc.  (p. 
10) ,  the  very  singular  conformation  of  the  prosternum  of 
Cossyphus ,  in  which  the  very  small  front  cox*e  are  en¬ 
closed  behind  b}^  the  side  pieces,  and  the  prosternum  is 
thus  separated  from  articulation  with  the  mesosternum  as 
in  the  Rhynehophora. 

The  "  Proceedings  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sci¬ 
ences,  of  Philadelphia,  for  December,  1868,  contain  the 
following  memoirs  by  the  writer  of  this  article  : 

"  Analytical  table  of  the  species  of  Baridius  inhabiting 
the  United  States.”  The  characters  of  twenty-eight  differ¬ 
ent  species  are  given. 

"The  Gyrinidae  of  America,  north  of  Mexico,”  con¬ 
taining  Dineutus ,  seven  species  ;  Cyrinus ,  twenty-three 
species  ;  and  Gyretes ,  two  species. 

"Notes  on  the  species  of  Agonoderus,  Bradycellus  and 
Stenolophus,  inhabiting  America,  north  of  Mexico  :  ”  of 
the  first  genus,  eleven  species;  of  the  second,  twenty; 
of  the  third,  twenty-one  species  are  briefly  characterized. 

Before  closing  this  brief  report  it  may  be  useful  to 
invite  the  attention  of  persons  residing  in  the  more  dis- 


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COLEOPTERA. 


taut  parts  of  our  country,  who  are  inclined  to  aid  sys¬ 
tematic  investigators  in  their  difficult  labors  (without 
which  intelligent  observations  of  habits,  the  whole  sci¬ 
ence  of  economic  entomology,  and  its  practical  applica¬ 
tions  become  impossible),  to  the  great  necessity  of  hav¬ 
ing  increased  collections  from  Texas,  New  Mexico,  Ari¬ 
zona,  Utah,  Colorado,  and  the  whole  of  the  mountain 
and  desert  regions  of  the  middle  part  of  the  continent. 
The  wonderful  fertility  of  the  Pacific  slope  in  extraor¬ 
dinary  forms  is  also  by  no  means  exhausted  :  every  small 
collection  made,  even  by  inexperienced  persons,  or  those 
feeling  but  little  interest  in  science,  contains  a  large  pro¬ 
portion  of  undescribed  species.  How  many  then  yet 
remain  to  reward  the  labor  of  the  patient  and  zealous  col¬ 
lector  !  Collections  from  Nevada  and  Utah  are  particu¬ 
larly  needed,  to  perfect  our  knowledge  of  the  principles 
of  geographical  distribution ;  the  materials  thus  far  ob¬ 
tained  from  those  regions  being  very  meagre. 

The  Editors  of  the  American  Naturalist,  ii,  in  the  Entomo¬ 
logical  Calendar,  pp.  110,  163,  219,  331,  refer  mostly  to  the  habits  of 
beetles,  and  figure  an  unknown  Carabid  larva,  and  the  larva  and  pupa 
of  Pissodes  strobi  Peck. 

Rev.  S.  Lockwood  (1.  c.,  p.  186  and  441)  gives  (with  figures  of  the 
larva  and  adult)  an  account  of  the  habits  of  Cotalpa  lanigera  (Linn.) 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (1.  c.,  pi.  4,  5)  describes  and  figures  the  adult 
Meloe  a?igusticoJlis,  the  different  stages  of  Stylops  Childreni  Westw., 
and  (pi.  4,  fig.  16)  a  Staphylinid  larva. 

G.  A.  Perkins  (1.  c.  p.  422)  gives  an  account,  with  a  figure,  of  the 
Pyrophorus  noctilucns  (Linn). 

Editors  American  Naturalist  figure  the  larva  of  a  species  of  Pho- 
turis,  the  female  of  Lampyris ,  from  Zanzibar,  the  larva  of  Melanactes, 
and  a  singular  larva  allied  to  Drilus.  Onp.  441,  they  figure  Anthrenus 
varius  and  its  larva  and  pupa;  and  the  larva  of  Ictinus  fur  Linn. 


HEMIPTERA. 


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HEMIPTERA. 

The  dawn  of  a  new  era  in  Entomology  assures  the  lover 
of  progress  that  the  long  neglected  "  Bugs  ”  may  begin 
to  assert  their  rights.  Many  years  have  elapsed  without 
the  establishment  in  North  America  of  those  collections 
which  are  indispensable  to  the  student  who  aims  to 
acquire  a  knowledge  of  the  Hemiptera. 

The  beetles  and  the  butterflies  early  began  to  attract 
attention,  and  many  years  ago  extensive  collections  were 
formed,  sufficient  to  enable  a  satisfactory  if  not  exhaustive 
study  of  the  types  peculiar  to  this  country.  Not  so  with 
the  Hemiptera.  The  only  collections  of  them  known 
thirty  years  ago  were  those  of  Mr.  Say  and  Dr.  Harris. 
Both  of  these  gentlemen  were  zealous  and  indefatigable 
in  their  endeavors  to  obtain  new  species  ;  but  of  the  col¬ 
lection  of  the  former,  not  one  specimen  now  remains  to 
mark  its  presence,  while  of  the  latter,  probably  five 
hundred  species  would  fully  cover  its  extent.  It  is  true 
that  collectors  were  then  much  less  numerous,  and  the 
facilities  for  interchange  of  specimens  fewer  than  at  the 
present  time,  but  the  "Poor  Bugs”  were  generally  neg¬ 
lected  just  as  they  have  been  until  very  recently.  With 
the  extension  of  railroads  and  the  sending  out  of  expedi¬ 
tions,  an  increased  desire  to  become  acquainted  with  the 
productions  of  other  regions  has  been  evinced,  and  now 
collectors  are  found  scattered  over  many  parts  of  the 
country.  By  attending  to  one  or  two  orders  of  insects 
at  a  time,  the  fauna  of  a  section  may  he  searched  out 
and  made  known,  and  thus  in  a  short  time  sufficient  ma¬ 
terials  would  be  amassed  for  a  pretty  full  picture  of  the 
geographical  distribution  of  the  species. 

The  Hemiptera,  although  not  so  numerous  as  either 
the  Coleoptera  or  Diptera,  constitute  a  large  order,  and 
we  may  safely  conclude  that  not  one-third  of  the  species 


ENT.  RECORD.  5 


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HEMIPTERA. 


have  yet  been  discovered.  For  our  own  part,  after  labor¬ 
ing  over  a  period  of  more  than  twelve  years,  only  now 
do  we  begin  to  realize  our  desires,  in  having  a  collection 
sufficiently  extensive  to  furnish  a  satisfactory  idea  of  the 
characters  comprehended  in  some  of  the  groups. 

Much  remains  to  be  done  ;  hundreds  of  new  species  are 
to  be  described  ;  their  habits  observed  and  recorded  ;  the 
development  during  the  different  stages  to  be  traced ; 
the  forms  of  the  egg  and  young  to  be  noticed,  and  the 
places  which  they  frequent  to  be  made  known. 

The  region  of  the  northern  Atlantic  states,  where  the 
greatest  amount  of  collecting  has  been  done,  still  fur¬ 
nishes  new  forms,  and  to  the  ardent  collector  there  is  not 
a  section  of  North  America  which  will  not  furnish  strange 
species. 

The  species  of  North  America  have  been  described  by 
Mr.  Thomas  Say,  whose  works  were  collected  and  pub¬ 
lished  a  few  years  ago  by  Dr.  John  L.  LeConte.  Prof. 
S.  S.  Haldeman  described  a  few  in  Stansbury’s  Expedi¬ 
tion  to  the  Great  Salt  Lake,  Utah,  and  in  the  "Proceed¬ 
ings  of  the  Philadelphia  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,” 
1845.  Dr.  T.  W.  Harris  noticed  the  habits  of  a  few 
species  in  his  "Insects  injurious  to  Vegetation,”  Boston, 
1862.  Dr.  A.  Fitch  described  a  considerable  number  in 
the  different  volumes  of  the  New  York  State  Agricultu¬ 
ral  Society,  and  in  1851  in  the  "Fourth  Annual  Report  of 
the  State  Cabinet  of  Natural  History,”  Albany,  N.  Y. 
An  extensive  manuscript,  in  which  he  arranges  the  Homop- 
tera  belonging  to  the  cabinet  of  Dr.  T.  W.  Harris,  is  now 
in  the  possession  of  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural  His¬ 
tory,  but  it  has  been  superseded  by  the  labors  of  foreign 
entomologists.  Our  species  have  attracted  the  attention 
of  the  entomologists  of  Europe,  and  many  of  them  are 
described  in  their  works  :  Amyot  and  Serville  in  their 
' '  Histoire  Naturelle  des  Hemijpteres ,”  Paris,  1843;  Dr. 


HEMIPTERA. 


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V.  Signoret  in  the  " Annates  tie  la  Societe  Fntomologique 
de  France ,”  1853-68  ;  Dr.  Carl  Staal  in  the  Swedish  Jour¬ 
nals,  in  the  " Berliner  Fntomologische  Zeitschrift”  in  the 
"  Stettiner  Fntomologische  Zeitung ,”  and  in  the  Voyage 
of  the  Frigate  Eugenie.  Other  species  will  be  found 
described  by  Mr.  F.  Walker  in  the  British  Museum  Lists 
of  Hemiptera  and  Homoptera ;  and  Dr.  Gustav  Mayr 
notices  a  few  in  the  "  Verhandlung  Kais.  Koenig.  Zoolo- 
gisch-Botanischen  Gesellschaft  in  Wien."  A  few  species 
have,  also,  been  characterized  by  me  in  the  “Proceed¬ 
ings  of  the  Philadelphia  Academy,  ”  and  in  the  "  Pro¬ 
ceedings  of  the  Philadelphia  Entomological  Society.” 

For  several  years  I  have  been  amassing  materials  and 
writing  descriptions  of  all  the  genera  and  species  that  I 
could  obtain,  with  the  intention  of  publishing  a  work  which 
should  include  all  the  known  forms  of  North  American 
Hemiptera.  Notwithstanding  the  indispensable  assist¬ 
ance  which  I  have  received  from  the  Smithsonian  Institu¬ 
tion  and  numerous  kind  friends,  at  least  seventy  species, 
described  by  Mr.  Say  and  collected  in  Southern  Indiana, 
have  not  yet  been  rediscovered,  and  hence  they  cannot 
be  referred  to  modern  genera.  Such  is  also  the  case  with 
a  number  of  species  described  from  some  of  the  Southern 
States,  such  as  Georgia,  Florida  and  Louisiana. 

Skilful  collectors  are  needed  in  every  part  of  the  coun¬ 
try  to  search  beneath  the  loose  bark  of  trees,  to  dig  into 
the  decaying  logs,  to  examine  the  under  sides  of,  and  be¬ 
neath,  stones,  sticks,  logs  and  rubbish  in  the  spring,  sum¬ 
mer,  autumn,  and  even  in  the  moderate  weather  of  winter. 

In  spring,  summer  and  autumn,  the  roots  of  bushes, 
grasses,  weeds,  &c.,  in  damp  or  sandy  places  should  be 
examined  for  the  small  ones.  Hold  an  open,  inverted 
umbrella  under  the  limb  of  any  kind  of  bush  or  tree  and 
give  the  limb  one  or  two  sudden  strokes  with  a  cane  — 
sweep  the  bushes,  undergrowth,  weeds  and  grass  vigor- 


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HEMIPTERA. 


ously  with  a  strong  scoop-net  fastened  to  a  handle  —  ex¬ 
amine  the  ground  in  salt  and  fresh-water  marshes  and 
meadows  —  use  a  strainer  scoop-net  in  the  water  of  ponds 
and  streams,  scathing  the  banks  beneath  the  surface  as 
well  as  the  bottoms,  and  even  scoop  out  an  inch  or  more 
of  the  mud  —  search  the  under  side  of  leaves  of  vines 
and  examine  the  corollas  of  flowers.  All  these  methods 
will  furnish  different  kinds,  and  the  patient  explorer  will 
find  himself  enriched  with  treasures  which  may  well  fill 
him  with  surprise  and  delight. 

It  may  not  be  amiss  to  remark,  for  the  benefit  of  those 
who  may  not  be  familiar  with  the  Hemiptera,  that  they 
are  usually  similar  to  beetles  in  their  compactness  of  form, 
but  they  have  a  long,  jointed  beak  projecting  from  the 
head  running  back  between  the  pairs  of  legs,  and  the 
wing-covers  are  membranous  at  tip  and  overlap  at  that 
part.  In  some,  such  as  the  Harvest-flies  (Cicadidse), 
these  wing-covers  are  like  the  wings  —  membranous  and 
transparent — and  slant  each  side  like  the  roof  of  a  house. 

The  best  months  in  which  to  collect  are  May,  June, 
August  and  September,  in  most  parts  of  the  country, 
while  in  the  South  the  season  begins  earlier  and  con¬ 
tinues  later. 

The  mountainous  regions  of  the  country  have  not  yet 
been  examined  by  collectors,  and  our  collections  are  sadly 
deficient  in  species  from  all  parts  of  the  South  and  South¬ 
west.  Ohio  and  Indiana  have  not  yet  furnished  their 
quota,  and  hundreds  of  new  species  will  reward  the  ex¬ 
plorer  in  Kentucky  and  Tennessee. 

Canada  and  British  America  should  furnish  many  spe¬ 
cies  identical  with  or  similar  to  those  of  the  North  of 
Europe.  All  the  varieties  of  mosses,  lichens,  and  bushes, 
have  species  peculiar  to  them,  while  the  loose  bark  of 
birches,  pines,  and  the  damp  marshes  adjoining  streams 
and  the  sea,  teem  with  certain  small  forms. 


ORTHOPTERA. 


37 


One  of  the  families  most  largely  represented  in  Amer¬ 
ica  is  that  of  the  Capsina.  Already  more  than  two  hun¬ 
dred  species  of  them  have  been  collected,  and  every  small 
lot  from  a  strange  locality  exhibits  new  species.  Many 
of  them  are  of  small  size,  but  the  greatest  variety  obtains 
both  in  colors  and  in  structure.  Few  families  will  reward 
the  observer  with  so  many  new  species,  or  offer  him  such 
variety  of  structure  for  the  exercise  of  his  ingenuity. 

The  study  of  the  Hemiptera  opens  a  rich  mine  of  in¬ 
formation,  full  of  enjoyment  to  the  ardent  spirit  that 
engages  in  it.  The  tedium  of  a  dull  hour  may  be  whiled 
away,  or  the  delights  of  a  summer  stroll  in  the  country 
may  be  greatly  enhanced  by  an  acquaintance  with  these 
insects.  None  of  the  other  orders  offer  so  great  a  vari¬ 
ety  of  forms,  and  only  the  butterflies  rival  them  in  the 
brilliancy  of  their  ornamentation. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  all  the  papers  describing  North  American 
Hemiptera  which  I  know  to  have  appeared  during  1868  :  — 

C.  J.  E.  Haglund  (Hemiptera  Nova,  Stettiner  Entomologische  Zei- 
tung,  150)  describes  Pelidnocoris  Stain,  from  Mexico;  Ptilarmus fas- 
ciotus,  from  Mexico  ;  Peromatus  robustus ,  from  Mexico  ;  Protenor  Bel- 
fragei,  from  the  United  States.  This  last  is  a  common  species  in  Illi¬ 
nois,  and  it  is  found  in  New  England  and  Maryland. 

H.  Shimer  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  281)  describes  a  new  Aleuro- 
des,  A.  asarumis  Shimer;  also  a  new  genus  of  Aphidse,  p.  283;  Ham- 
amelistes  cornu  Shimer;  and  H.  spinosus  Shimer.  Farther  on,  at 
p.  361,  he  gives  “Notes  on  the  Apple  Bark-louse,  Lepidosaphes  conclii- 
formis  (Gmelin). 

Dr.  Signoret  (Annales  de  la  Societe  Entomologique  de  France. 
Series  IV,  Tome  8,  397-98,  “Monographic  des  Aleurodes,”)  embodies 
the  descriptions  of  Aleurodes  abutilonea  Hald. ;  and  A.  corni  Hald., 
without  being  acquainted  with  the  insects  themselves. 


ORTHOPTERA. 

The  Smithsonian  Institution,  in  their  Miscellaneous 
Collections,  have  published  a  "  Catalogue  of  the  Orthoptera 
of  North  America,”  by  S.  H.  Scudder,  8vo,  pp.  xx,  89. 


38 


ORTHOPTERA. 


Ill  this  work  the  author  furnishes  an  alphabetical  index  to 
all  Orthoptera  described  from  North  America  or  the  West 
Indies  previous  to  1867  ;  no  synonymes  are  given,  a  list 
of  authorities  is  prefixed  and  a  tabular  view  of  an  Orthop- 
teran  system,  including  only  the  genera  referred  to,  is 
appended. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  390; 
Ent.  Notes,  i,  5)  endeavors  to  show  that  the  saltatorial 
rank  higher  than  the  non-saltatorial  Orthoptera,  because 
the  latter,  as  proved  by  Graber’s  researches,  retain  the 
embryonic  position  of  the  wings  throughout  life. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Amer.  Assoc.  Adv.  Sc.,  xvi, 
151-3)  compares  the  Orthoptera  of  Europe  with  those  of 
North  America,  and  especially  with  those  of  New  Eng¬ 
land  ;  the  number  of  species  of  each  family  found  in 
northern,  middle  and  southern  Europe,  and  the  propor¬ 
tion  they  bear  to  the  species  found  on  the  whole  conti¬ 
nent,  is  stated  and  compared  with  the  number  known  to 
occur  in  New  England ;  the  article  closes  with  some 
special  statements  concerning  the  genera  peculiar  to,  or 
richly  represented  in,  either  country. 

S.  I.  Smith  (Proc.  Portland  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  i.  143- 
151)  enumerates  thirty-eight  Orthoptera  from  the  State 
of  Maine,  revising  the  synonymy  of  some  of  the  species, 
describing  one  new  species,  Pezotettix  manca ,  and  several 
previously  known  (all  Acrydii) ,  with  many  careful  meas¬ 
urements. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  306- 
13  ;  separate  pp.  1-7  ;  see  also  the  Songs  of  the  Grass¬ 
hoppers,  Am.  Nat.,  ii,  113-20)  gives  some  Notes  on  the 
stridulation  of  some  New  England  Orthoptera.  In  this 
paper  the  author  explains  his  methods  of  observation 
and  describes  the  different  kinds  of  stridulation  among 
Orthoptera ;  Gryllides  and  Locustariie  stridulate  by  shuf¬ 
fling  the  bases  of  the  tegmina  together ;  some  Acrydii 


ORTHOPTERA, 


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scrape  the  hind  thighs  upon  the  outer  surface  of  the 
tegmina  while  at  rest ;  others  stridulate  during1  flight, 
rubbing  together  the  tegmiila  and  thickened  veins  of  the 
anterior  edges  of  the  wings ;  he  attempts  to  reduce  to 
articulate  sounds  and  musical  admeasurement  the  various 
notes  produced  during  stridulation,  allowing  a  bar  of  mu¬ 
sic  to  represent  a  second  of  time  and  to  be  occupied  by 
the  equivalent  of  a  semibreve. 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,i,  53) 
bring  evidence  of  the  unusual  abundance  of*  certain  Or- 
thoptera  during  the  year,  instancing  particularly  Acheta 
abbreviata  and  (Edijpoda  Carolina. 

G-RYLLIDES. 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  38)  give  figures 
of  both  sexes  of  Ecanthus  niveus ,  and  remark  that  thej'-  sever  grapes 
from  the  branches  and  by  depositing  their  eggs  in  the  pith  of  certain 
plants,  cause  the  death  of  the  plant  above  the  point  punctured. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  40)  also  mentions  the  injury  done  to 
raspberry  canes  and  plum  twigs  by  the  incisions  of  (Ecanthus  niveus, 
while  ovipositing. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  384-387;  Ent.  Notes, 
i,  1-4)  divides  the  mole  crickets  into  two  genera,  Scapteriscus,  includ¬ 
ing  the  didactylate,  and  Gryllotalpa,  the  tetradactylate  species.  He 
also  discusses  the  bearing  of  their  relations  of  structure  and  geo¬ 
graphical  distribution  to  the  question  of  the  origin  of  species,  taking- 
ground  against  the  derivative  theory. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  307-9;  Ent.  Notes, 
i,  1-4)  describes  the  note  of  Gryllus  neglectus  (cr-rur-ri  or  crrrri), 
Nemobius  vittatus  (ru  or  rruu),  and  Ecanthus  vittatus ;  he  also  men¬ 
tions  the  want  of  synchronism  in  the  songs  of  different  individuals  of 
Gryllus  neglectus  chirping  within  sound  of  each  other. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  139-143)  describes 
a  first  decade  of  Orthoptera,  all  belonging  to  the  Gryllides.  They 
are  Tridactylus  major,  from  Bengal ;  Trigonidium  pacificum,  from  the 
Hawaiian  Islands  ;  Hapithus  quadratus,  from  Cuba  and  Texas  ;  Eneop- 
tera  annulata ,  from  Central  America;  E.  unicolor,  from  Manila;  E.  ob- 
scura,  from  Old  Calabar ;  Platydactylus  bicolor,  from  Bogota ;  Mogo- 
plistes  occidentalis,  from  Cape  St.  Lucas  ;  Cycloptilum,*  nov.  gen.,  allied 

*  This  name  has  been  preoccupied  by  Guerin.  The  genus  may  be  called  Gryl- 
lopsis,  and  the  species  G.  squamosa.  [S.  H.  S.] 


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ORTHOPTERA. 


to  Ornebius,  founded  on  a  single  species,  C.  squamosum ,  from  Texas; 
and  Nemobius  cercumcinctus ,  from  Orizaba. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  402-3;  Ent.  Notes, 
i,  8-9;  Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  390)  describes  Archego  gryllus  priscus,  a  fossil 
insect  from  the  coal  formation  of  Ohio.  One  broken  hind  leg  and  a 
fragment  of  a  wing  were  found ;  the  leg  was  noticeable  in  having  the 
tibia  furnished  with  several  large  prominences,  while  the  femur  was 
smooth. 

S.  I.  Smith  (Proc.  Portland  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  i,  144)  records  Gryl- 
lus  luctuosus,  G.  neglectus ,  Nemobius  vittatus,  and  N.  fasciatus ,  from 
Maine. 

LOCUSTARIiE. 

♦ 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  57)  describe  the 
eggs  of  an  unknown  species  of  Orchelimum,  found  embedded  near 
buds,  between  the  bark  and  wood  of  certain  trees.  They  also  relate 
an  instance  of  Gordius  aquaticus  found  in  the  abdomen  of  Orche¬ 
limum  gracile. 

H.  Hagen  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  434)  mentions  the  injury 
resulting  from  punctures  made  in  the  stem  of  the  cotton  plant  by 
some  Orthopteran  while  inserting  its  eggs ;  the  insect  was  reported 
to  be  a  Locustarian. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  435)  stated  that  he 
had  received  specimens  of  the  insect  reported  to  have  done  injury  to 
the  cotton  plant;  it  was  an  undescribed  species  of  Xiphidium. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  309-312)  shows  that 
the  day  song  of  some  Locustarians  differs  from  that  of  the  night,  and 
sets  to  music  the  notes  of  Phaneroptera  curvicauda  and  Orchelimum 
vulgare  ;  he  also  makes  brief  mention  of  the  song  of  Xiphidium  and 
of  Conocephalus  robustus. 

S.  I.  Smith  (Proc.  Portl.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  145)  records  Ceutho- 
philus  maculatus ,  Phaneroptera  curvicauda ,  Conocephalus  ensiger,  Xiphi¬ 
dium  fasciatum,  X  brevipenne  and  Orchelimum  vulgare ,  from  Maine. 
He  captured  one  specimen  of  C.  ensiger,  with  its  ovipositor  forced 
down  between  the  root-leaves  and  stalk  of  Andropogon. 

ACRYDII. 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (Amer,  Ent.,  i,  73-76)  give  an 
account  (with  a  wood-cut)  of  the  history  and  devastations  of  Calopte- 
nus  spretus,  laboring  to  prove  that  it  is  a  strictly  alpine  insect,  that 
its  natural  habitat  is  in  the  alpine  regions  of  the  Rocky  Mountains, 
and  that  it  can  never  become  a  permanent  denizen  of  Kansas,  Ne¬ 
braska,  Missouri  or  Iowa. 

G.  Lin  cecum  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  400;  Amer.  Nat.,  ii, 
390)  describes  the  ravages  of  grasshoppers  ( Caloptenus  spretus )  in 
Texas. 


ORTHOPTERA. 


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M.  C.  Nickerson  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  27)  relates  the  injury  done  to  the 
crops  of  western  Iowa,  during  1867  and  1868,  by  Caloptenus  spretus  ; 
lie  adds  that  they  have  left  behind  them  a  grass  (which  the  Editors 
state  to  be  Vilfa  vaginaeflora)  hitherto  unknown  in  that  region,  but 
allied  to  the  Buffalo-grass  of  the  region  farther  West,  from  whence 
the  grasshoppers  came. 

E.  G.  Sanborn  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist,  xi,  326;  Amer.  Nat.,  ii, 
221-2)  describes  a  supposed  inode  of  exuviation  by  the  young  of  some 
species  of  CEdipoda  and  Caloptenus ,  as  shown  b}^  their  cast-off  integu¬ 
ments  found  impaled  on  needles  of  pine  or  blades  of  grass. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  312-313)  states  that  the 
stridulation  of  many  Acrydians  is  more  rapid  in  sunshine  than  in 
shade ;  he  presents  in  detail  the  notes  of  Stenobothrus  curtipennis ,  S. 
melanopleura  and  Arcyptera  lineata ,  and  gives  a  short  notice  of  the 
noise  made  during  flight  by  Tragocephala  viridifasciata ,  CEdipoda  sor- 
dida,  CE.  verruculata,  GH.  cequalis,  and  CE.  Carolina.  CE.  pellucida  pro¬ 
duces  no  sound  whatever.- 

S.  Ii.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,xii,  87-88)  gives  a  short 
notice  of  the  devastating  grasshoppers  of  the  United  States  :  Calop¬ 
tenus  femur-rubrum ,  east  of  the  Mississippi  and  in  the  great  valley 
itself;  C.  spretus ,  west  of  this  to  the  Rocky  Mountains;  and  a  third, 
not  yet  determined,  in  the  region  west  of  the  Rocky  Mountains. 

S.  II.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  436)  states  that  in 
Texas  the  eggs  of  Caloptenus  spretus  hatched  on  the  19th  of  February. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  99)  notices  an 
hymenopterous  parasite  of  the  egg  of  CEdipoda  Carolina. 

S.  I.  Smith  (Proc.  Portland  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  i,  145-151)  records  the 
following  species  from  Maine  :  Choealtis  conspersa,  with  which  he  unites 
Stenobothrus  melanopleurus.  He  gives  a  full  description  of  this  insect 
and  of  its  method  of  laying  eggs  in  holes  bored  for  the  purpose  in 
decaying  wood;  Stenobothrus  curtipennis ,  with  which  he  unites  S. 
longipennis,  and  gives  measurements  of  many  specimens ;  S.  maculi- 
pennis,  with  which  he  unites  S.  cequalis  and  S.  bilineatus ,  and  gives 
many  measurements ;  Tragocephala  viridifasciata.  with  which  he 
unites  T.  infuscata ;  Arcyptera  gracilis ,  Pezotettix  glacialis,  taken  at  a 
height  of  about  two  thousand  feet;  P.  Manca ,  nov.  sp.,  from  a  similar 
altitude ;  T.  borealis ,  of  which  a  full  description  is  given,  also  from 
the  same  altitude ;  Caloptenus  femur-rubrum,  C.  punctulatus,  which 
the  author  thinks  will  prove  to  be  a  variety  of  C.  femur-rubrum  ;  C. 
bivittatus,  CEdipoda  Carolina,  CE.  phoenicoptera,  CE.  rugosa,  CE.  sulphu- 
rea,  CE.  verruculata,  with  which  he  unites  CE.  cequalis  ;  CE.  pellucida,  CE. 
sordida,  Tettix  granulata,  T.  ornata,  T.  triangularis,  Tettigidea  latera¬ 
ls,  T.  polymorpha  and  Batrachidea  cristata. 

B.  I).  Walsii  (First  Ann.  Rep.  Nox.  Ins.  Ill.,  pp.  72-103)  gives  an 
extended  account,  with  numerous  extracts,  from  agricultural  litera- 


ent.  record.  6 


42 


ORTHOPTERA. 


ture,  of  the  recent  devastations  of  Caloptenus  spretus,  in  Texas,  Mis¬ 
souri,  and  the  lowlands  of  the  Mississippi  valley ;  he  also  quotes  similar 
authority  in  proof  of  various  irruptions  of  this  insect  in  former  years, 
and  closing  with  much  the  same  argument  as  that  used  by  the  editors 
of  the  “American  Entomologist,”  tries  to  prove  the  alpine  origin  of 
this  grasshopper,  and  the  impossibility  of  its  establishing  itself  per¬ 
manently  in  the  lowlands  of  the  Mississippi  River. 

B.  D.  Walsh  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  16)  states  that  the  grasshoppers  were 
at  least  four  or  five  times  more  numerous  near  Rock  Island,  Illinois, 
during  1868,  than  ever  before,  and  that  they  consisted,  in  nearly  equal 
numbers,  of  three  species, —  Caloptenus  femur-rubrum,  C.  differ entialis, 
and  (Edipoda  Carolina. 

PHASMIDA. 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  58)  give  a  pop¬ 
ular  account  of  Spectrum  femoratum. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  325;  Amer.  Nat.,  ii, 
221)  mentions  a  case,  in  Diapheromera  femorata,  of  the  reproduction 
of  a  leg  lost  early  in  life ;  the  whole  leg  was  less  than  half  an  inch  in 
length;  the  second  tarsal  joint  was  wanting,  and  the  terminal  joint 
was  unprovided  with  claws  or  foot-pads  ;  the  animal  had  died  'during 
oviposition,  the  membrane  between  the  oviduct  and  alimentary  canal 
having  been  ruptured,  and  an  egg  nearly  excluded  from  the  anal 
aperture. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  99)  gives  the  re¬ 
sults  of  experiments  made  upon  the  reproduction  of  lost  limbs  in  Dia¬ 
pheromera  femorata.  The  leg  is  only  renewed  when  cut  off  beyond  the 
trochanto-femoral  articulation,  and  after  the  occurrence  of  at  least 
two  exuviations ;  the  growth  takes  place  during  exuviation ;  the 
growth  of  the  metatliorax  is  also  very  great  as  the  insect  leaves  the 

egg* 

MANTIDES. 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  59)  give  an  ac¬ 
count  of  the  habits  of  Mantis  Carolina. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  398)  describes 
the  development  of  the  ovipositor  and  the  parts  corresponding  to  it 
in  the  male  insect,  reproducing  Lacaze-Duthiers’  figure  of  Mantis 
tessellata. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Pal.  Ill.,  iii,  pp.  562-72)  describes  an  insect  from 
the  coal-measures  of  Illinois,  which  he  refers  questionably  to  Mantis. 
Messrs.  Meek  and  Worthen  suggest  that  it  may  belong  to  the  crusta¬ 
cean  genus  Acanthotelson. 

BLATTARLiE. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Pal.  Ill.,  iii,  568-70)  describes  Mylacris  anthraco- 
phila,  nov.  gen.,  et.  sp.,  from  the  iron-stone  nodules  and  shale  of  the 


NEUROPTERA. 


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Illinois  carboniferous  strata;  the  remains  consist  of  an  upper  wing 
and  the  pronotal  shield,  figures  of  which  are  given. 

S.  H.  Scuddeii  (Amer.  Nat.,  i,  pi.  16)  figures  Archimulacris  Acadicci 
from  the  coal-measures  of  Nova  Scotia. 

S.  I.  Smith  (Proc.  Portland  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  i,  144)  records  Sty- 
lopyga  orientalis  and  Ectobia  Germanica,  and  also  doubtfully,  Peripla- 
neta  Americana,  from  Maine. 

FORPICULARI^E. 

II.  Hagen  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  399-400;  xii,  139)  de¬ 
scribes  and  figures,  under  the  name  of  Hodotermes  Japonicus,  an  insect 
which  he  afterwards  states  to  be  only  an  imperfect  specimen  of  Brachy- 
labris  maritima. 

S.  I.  Smith  (Proc.  Portland  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  i,  144)  records  Labia 
minuta ,  from  Maine. 


NEUROPTERA. 

The  Neuroptera  of  North  America  have  been  long 
known  to  the  entomologists  of  Europe.  The  museums 
there  had  been  supplied  with  many  of  the  larger  and  more 
attractive  species  by  travellers  and  others  who  were  struck 
by  their  appearance  while  traversing  the  different  sections 
of  this  country. 

Prior  to  1861,  Mr.  Say  and  only  two  or  three  others 
of  our  entomologists  seem  to  have  been  interested  in 
these  insects,  and  published  the  only  papers  that  had  ap¬ 
peared  in  the  United  States  relating  to  them. 

In  Dr.  Grodman’s  "Western  Quarterly  Reporter,”  vol. 
ii,  1823,  pages  160-165,  Mr.  Say  published  descriptions 
of  forty-three  species  of  the  genera  Phryganea,  Bsetis, 
Chloeon,  Myrmeleon,  Bittacus  and  Perla.  The  most  of 
these  being  from  the  vicinity  of  the  Ohio  River,  and  from 
the  North-west  Territory. 

A  few  others  were  described  by  him  in*the  "Journal  of 
the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,”  Philadelphia ;  but  the 
most  considerable  of  his  papers  on  the  Dragon-flies  was 


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NEUROPTERA. 


published  after  his  death,  in  the  eighth  volume  of  the  last 
named  Journal,  1839,  pages  9-46.  It  embraces  descrip¬ 
tions  and  notices  of  forty-two  species  of  Dragon-flies, 
and  eight  others  of  the  genera  Baetis,  Ephemera,  Myrme- 
leon  and  Chrysopa.  Those  papers  were  all  afterwards 
reprinted  in  the  collected  edition  of  Say’s  works,  pub¬ 
lished  by  Dr.  John  L.  LeConte. 

The  species  of  Chrysopa  and  Hemerobius  known  to  Dr. 
Asa  Fitch,  were  described  by  him  in  a  paper  published 
in  the  Transactions  of  the  New  York  State  Agricultural 
Society,  Albany,  1856. 

The  results  of  all  these  labors,  however,  have  since 
been  embodied  in  the  "  Synopsis  of  the  Neuroptera  of 
North  America,”  by  Dr.  IE  Hagen,  published  by  the 
Smithsonian  Institution  in  1861.  It  contains  descrip¬ 
tions  of  seven  hundred  and  sixteen  species  from  North 
America,  with  a  list  of  the  names  of  those  from  South 
America,  as  far  as  they  were  known.  At  present  the 
number  of  species  known  from  North  America  probably 
exceeds  one  thousand,  and  new  ones  are  being  continu¬ 
ally  discovered  as  the  number  of  collectors  increases. 

Since  the  appearance  of  Dr.  Hagen’s  work,  an  exten¬ 
sive  memoir  upon  the  species  found  in  Illinois  has  been 
published  by  Mr.  B.  D.  Walsh  in  the  "Proceedings  of  the 
Philadelphia  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,”  September, 
1862,  in  which  one  hundred  and  ten  species  of  the  Ter- 
mitina,  Psocina,  Perlina,  Ephemerina,  Agrionina,  H£sch- 
nina  and  Libellulina  are  noticed,  and  most  of  them  de¬ 
scribed  at  full  length,  and  critically  compared  with  allied 
forms.  Mr.  Samuel  II.  Scudder  describes  and  notices  the 
Dragon-flies  of  the  Isle  of  Pines,  near  Cuba,  and  also 
some  new  species  from  the  White  Mountains  of  New 
Hampshire,  in  the  tenth  volume  of  the  "  Proceedings  of 
the  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History,”  1866.  Farther 
notices  of  these  species  by  the  same  author,  and  by  Dr. 


NEUROPTERA. 


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Hagen,  may  be  found  in  the  succeeding  volume  of  the 
same  work.  In  that  volume  will  also  be  seen  a  short 
paper  by  myself,  giving  notices  of  my  observations  upon 
the  Odonata  of  Hayti,  made  while  I  was  engaged  in  col¬ 
lecting  specimens  in  that  island. 

A  gauze  scoop-net  will  be  found  most  useful  in  collect¬ 
ing  all  the  Neuroptera  during  their  flight.  It  should  be 
light  and  with  a  long  handle,  such  as  is  used  for  butterflies. 
Most  kinds  settle  on  the  limbs,  twigs  and  leaves  of  bushes 
and  trees  ;  they  can  be  beaten  off  into  an  umbrella.  They 
prefer  wet  spots  and  the  vicinity  of  ponds  and  streams. 
In  the  early  spring  the  Shad-flies  swarm  on  bridges,  or 
trees  near  water.  Some  live  in  brackish,  others  prefer 
fresh  water.  Ephemerkke  rise  from  the  waters  in  May 
and  June  in  vast  swarms ;  other  species  appear  less 
numerously  during  all  parts  of  summer.  Termites,  or 
white  ants,  affect  decaying  logs  and  trees,  fences  and  the 
wood  of  houses,  or  burrow  beneath  stones.  In  the  South 
they  build  large  nests,  usually  of  a  rough,  brown  appear¬ 
ance.  In  the  Middle  and  Northern  States  they  swarm  in 
May,  or  early  in  June.  The  Psocina  are  rich  in  species  ; 
they  are  rather  small  insects,  many  of  them  minute,  but 
a  careful  search  on  the  bark  of  limbs,  twigs  and  trunks  of 
trees,  as  well  as  on  the  leaves,  will  reward  the  collector 
with  new  and  most  elegant  forms. 

The  large,  brilliant,  green  Dragon-flies  (Cordulina),  as 
well  as  the  yellow  and  brown  striped  Gomphina,  having 
the  eyes  wide  apart,  will  furnish  new  species  in  almost 
all  parts  of  the  country.  In  order  to  preserve  specimens 
in  the  neatest  manner,  it  is  well  to  slip  them,  immediately 
when  caught,  into  paper  bags  of  suitable  size ;  flrst  tak¬ 
ing  care  to  layback  the  wings  so  that  they  will  be  applied 
together,  to  prevent  mutilation.  These  paper  bags  may 
be  placed  loosely  on  top  of,  or  alongside  of,  each  other  in 
a  box  carried  for  the  purpose.  They  can  thus  be  taken 


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NEUROPTEIIA. 


out  at  leisure,  killed  by  applying  a  camePs-hair  pencil 
dipped  in  sulphuric  ether,  chloroform  or  benzine,  to  the 
under  side  of  the  body,  and  then  have  the  wings  spread 
by  placing  them  upon  the  setting  boards.  In  most  spe¬ 
cies  the  colors  change  soon  after  death,  hence  it  is  im¬ 
portant  to  make  short  descriptions  of  the  colors  before 
killing  the  specimens. 

In  collecting  Cordulina  in  order  to  describe  them,  it  is 
important  to  obtain  specimens  of  both  sexes.  The  males 
are  always  the  most  characteristic,  and  may  be  readily 
distinguished  from  the  other  sex  by  the  projecting  pieces 
on  the  under  side  of  the  second  segment  of  the  abdomen. 
The  attachments  at  the  end  of  the  abdomen  are,  also, 
always  longer,  and  complicated  in  form. 

H.  Hagen  (Stettiner  Entomologische  Zeitimg  for  1868,  274-287)  in 
a  paper  entitled  “  Odonaten  Cubas,”  gives  notes  and  observations  upon 
the  characteristics  and  habits  of  the  following  species  of  Dragon¬ 
flies  from  Cuba :  Libellula  umbrata  Linn. ;  Orthemis  discolor  Bunn. ; 
Macrothemis  celeno  Selys ;  Macrothemis  pleurosticta  Burm. ;  Macro- 
themis  tenuis  Hagen ;  and  M.  marmorata  Hagen. 

H.  Hagen  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  289-294)  on  the  Odonat 
Fauna  of  the  Island  of  Cuba,  notes  the  habits  of  sixty-six  species  of 
Dragon-flies  of  Cuba,  and  remarks  upon  the  species  described  by  Mr. 
Scuddpr,  from  the  Isle  of  Pines  and  from  the  White  Mountains.  . 

H.  Hagen  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  372)  describes  a  new 
Epliemerid  from  Cuba,  Lachlania  abnormis  Hagen ;  also  makes  re¬ 
marks  upon  two  species  of  North  American  Psocina.  He  also,  in  the 
“Proceedings  of  the  same  Society,”  vol.  12,  p.  136,  states  that  his  Ho- 
dotermes  Japonicus  is  an  immature  female  Forficula,  with  the  last 
abdominal  segment  injured.  “  He  thinks  it  proves  that  the  wide  sep¬ 
aration  of  the  Labidura,  or  Dermaptera,  from  other  Ortlioptera,  so 
often  insisted  upon,  is  not  founded  in  nature ;  and  that  the  three  fam¬ 
ilies,  Termitina,  Blattina,  and  Forflculina,  are  coordinated,  and  very 
nearly  allied.” 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  365)  has  an  able 
article  on  the  development  of  the  Dragon-fly  (Diplax).” 

E.  G.  Sanborn  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  326)  exhibited 
before  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History,  a  female  specimen  of 
Libellula  luctuosa  Burm.,  in  which  was  observed  an  arrest  of  devel¬ 
opment  in  one  of  the  front  wings. 


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P.  R.  Uhler  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  295-208)  has  recorded 
observations  respecting  the  habits  and  time  of  appearance  of  the  fol¬ 
lowing  Dragon-flies  of  Hayti :  Anomalagrion  hastatum  Hagen ;  Ag- 
rion  dominicanum  Selys ;  AEschna  virens  Ramb. ;  Tramea  insularis 
Hagen ;  Libellula  umbrata  Linn. ;  Libellula  angustipennis  Rambur ; 
Ortliemis  discolor  Burin. ;  Lepthemis  vesiculosa  Hagen ;  Dytliemis  ruji- 
nervis  Hagen ;  T).  frontalis  Burin. ;  D.  pleurosticta  Hagen;  Mesothemis 
Mithra  Hagen. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  pp.  298-300)  offers 
farther  remarks  upon  his  species  from  the  Isle  of  Pines,  and  from  the 
White  Mountains,  giving  notes  and  critical  observations  respecting 
Dytliemis  rufinervis  ( Libellula  vinosa  Scudd.)  Erythemis  longipes  ( Mac - 
romia  Cubensis  Scudd.)  ;  Tramea  insularis  Scudd. ;  Mesothemis  Gund- 
lachii  Scudd.;  M.  Poeyi  Scudder;  Cordulegaster  lateralis;  Cordulia  ere- 
mita  Scudd.;  Cordulia  for  cipata  Scudder. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xi,  401)  describes  a 
fragment  of  the  wing  of  a  gigantic  Neuropterous  insect,  Megathen- 
tomum  pustulatum,  found  in  an  iron.-stone  nodule  in  the  Lower  Car¬ 
boniferous  formation  at  Morris,  Ill.  He  remarks  that  “Dr.  Hagen 
has  shown  me  in  this  wing  some  resemblance  to  the  Phryganidse,  but  I 
am  inclined  to  believe  it  is  distinct  in  its  family  characteristics  from 
any  known  type  of  Neuroptera.” 


ARACHNIDA. 

H.  C.  Wood,  Jr.  (Communications  EsseN  Inst.,  vi.  10) 
"On  the  Phalaugete  of  the  United  States  of  America,” 
gives  a  general  account  of  this  group,  which  he  considers 
as  a  suborder.  He  "considers  that  the  anterior  legs  of 
octopodous  insects  are  really  appendages  of  the  cephalic 
segments,”  and  that  Owen’s  opinion  that  "  the  anterior 
pair  of  feet  are  modified  labial  palpi,”  is  the  correct  one. 

He  redescribes  Phalangium  dorsatum  Say  (fig.  1) ;  P.  vittatum  Say 
(fig.  2)  ;  and  describes  and  figures  as  new,  P.  nigropalpi ,  from  Penn¬ 
sylvania;  P.  exilipes,  from  California  and  Nevada;  P.  cinereum ,  from 
northern  New  York;  P.  calcar ,  from  south-western  Virginia;  P. 
bicolor,  from  Pennsylvania;  P.  favosum,  from  Nebraska;  P.verruco- 
sum,  locality  not  given ;  P.  formosum,  from  the  District  of  Columbia 
and  Pennsylvania;  P.pictum ,  from  Salem,  Mass. ;  P.  maculosum,  from 
Pennsylvania  and  western  Virginia;  P.  ventricosum ,  from  Nebraska 


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ARACHNIDA. 


and  male  from  Pennsylvania;  P.  grande  Say;  P.  nigrum,  Say  (fig. 
15),  from  Texas  and  Nebraska;  Acanthocheir  armata  Lucas,  from 
Mammoth  Cave;  Gonyleptes  ornatum  Say  (fig.  16),  from  Texas. 

B.  G.  Wilder  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  p.  214)  describes  how  spiders  begin 
their  webs. 

J.  H.  Emerton  (Amer.  Nat.  ii,  476)  gives  an  article  on  “  The  Habits 
of  Spiders,”  with  an  original  plate,  illustrating  the  habits  and  struc¬ 
ture  of  the  Epeira  vulgaris  Hentz. 

W.  J.  Hays  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  559)  notices  the  habits  of  a  tick  on  the 
Moose  (Ixodes  albip ictus  Pack.),  and  the  editors  add  a  note,  figuring 
the  liexapodous  young. 

H.  Hagen  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  216)  notes  the  habits  of  Chelifer,  with  a 

figure  of  C.  cancroides  Linn. 

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THE  AMERICAN  PSEUDO-SCORPIONS. 

In  nearly  every  class  of  animals  there  are  groups  or 
genera  but  little  studied  by  naturalists,  and  never  men¬ 
tioned,  though  impossible  to  be  set  aside  in  a  more  sys¬ 
tematical  work.  The  Pseudo-scorpions,  well  known  since 
the  time  of  Aristotle  as  Book-scorpions,  are  among  these 
Parias.  We  possess  but  the  single  descriptions  or  little 
local  monographs  for  the  species  of  Strasburg  by  Her¬ 
mann  ;  of  England  by  Leach ;  of  Germany  by  Koch,  and 
of  Dantzic  by  Menge ;  the  first  published  sixty  years, 
the  last  ten  years  ago.  The  fact  that  the  Pseudo-scorpi¬ 
ons  are  so  constantly  overseen  becomes  more  curious, 
considering  their  very  striking  forms  and  habits.  In 
many  classes  we  find  animals  with  an  antediluvian  type, 
and  the  observer  is  wondering  to  see  these  animals  —  ap¬ 
parently  originated  in  an  earlier  period  —  still  living.  I 
think  nobody  will  contest  that  the  Pseudo-scorpion,  with 
its  heterogeneous  form  and  its  ferocious  appearance,  made 
ridiculous  by  its  little  body  and  helplessness,  ranges 
among  those  animals.  Possibly  our  living  genera  are  not 
more  than  a  deteriorated  posterity  ;  in  fact  the  palaeonto¬ 
logical  genus  Microlabis,  is  many  times  larger  than  the 
living  species,  and  its  size  much  greater,  according  with 
its  apparent  menacing  aspect. 


ARACHNIDA. 


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The  Pseudo-scorpion  resembles  much  in  its  form  the 
scorpions,  though  without  a  tail,  so  striking  in  those  ani¬ 
mals.  The  cephalothorax  is  united  with  an  articulated 
abdomen,  more  or  less  trigonal,  narrowed  before  ;  in  two 
genera,  quadrangular.  At  the  sides  of  the  thorax,  nefcr 
the  mouth,  are  either  two,  or  four,  or  no  ocelli.  The  max¬ 
illae  are  soft  and  used  for  sucking,  very  short,  biarticula- 
ted,  with  a  little  basal  joint  and  a  chela  with  a  little  saw, 
or  serrula.  The  palpi  are  exceedingly  long,  ordinarily 
longer  than  the  body,  and  four-jointed.  The  basal  joint  is 
always  the  shortest,  the  second  long,  the  third  shorter,  the 
last  forming  a  didactylous  chela  or  hand.  The  four  pairs 
of  legs  are  considerably  smaller  and  furnished  by  two  lit¬ 
tle  claws,  and  between  them  is  a  little  areola.  Sometimes 
the  hind  legs  have  more  thickened  basal  joints.  The 
abdomen  possesses  eleven,  seldom  ten  dorsal  segments, 
but  nine  central  segments.  .The  whole  body  is  mostly 
flattened  and  scattered  with  flue  hairs,  longer  at  the  hands 
and  the  posterior  margin  of  the  abdomen.  The  sexual 
parts  are  open  in  the  second  ventral  segment,  together 
with  the  web-apparatus.  The  males  often  put  out  two 
long  membranous  tubes,  similar  to  the  fingers  of  a  glove. 
The  Pseudo-scorpions  breathe  by  tracheae,  a  striking  dif¬ 
ference  from  the  breathing  of  the  genuine  scorpions,  and 
the  other  lung-breathing  Arachnida.  But  this  difference 
does  not  seem  important  enough  for  separating  the  Pseu¬ 
do-scorpions  as  a  coordinate  division. 

The  Pseudo-scorpions  live  beneath  the  bark  of  decay¬ 
ing  trees,  under  stones,  in  dark  and  moist  places  in 
houses,  between  books,  in  natural  history  collections,  and 
feed  on  mites  and  wood-lice.  Their  manner  of  motion  is 
very  slow,  and  they  use  apparently  other  insects,  princi¬ 
pally  Diptera,  Hymenoptera  and  Coleoptera,  as  an  expe¬ 
ditious  means  for  changing  their  lodging,  for  the  purpose 
of  finding  elsewhere  more  and  more  convenient  food. 


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ARACHNIDA. 


Many  cases  are  quoted  by  naturalists  who  have  observed 
one  or  more  chelifers,  even  ten,  strongly  attached  with 
their  hands  to  the  legs  of  insects.  The  possession  of  a 
fly  with  two  chelifers  on  the  same  leg  —  kindly  commu¬ 
nicated  by  Mr.  T.  Lyman  —  has  induced  me  to  look  over 
the  American  species.  A  very  interesting  fact  observed 
by  Menge,  is  a  chelifer  in  amber  attached  to  the  leg  of 
an  Ichneumon,  showing  the  same  manner  of  living  in  a 
much  earlier  period.  The  female  bears  the  eggs,  seven¬ 
teen  in  number,  in  a  little  bunch  under  her  abdomen  near 
the  opening  of  her  sexual  organs.  Menge  has  observed 
the  Pseudo-scorpions  cast  their  skin  in  a  like  web,  made 
for  that  purpose.  The  little  animal  remained  five  days  in 
the  web  after  its  metamorphosis,  and  did  not  assume  its 
dark  colors  for  four  weeks.  Three  months  after  it  re¬ 
turned  to  the  same  web  for  hibernation. 

A  closer  examination  of  the  Pseudo-scorpions  or  Cher- 
netidae  (Menge),  known  up  to  the  present  date,  gives  me 
eleven  described  genera  and  thirty-three  described  spe¬ 
cies,  but  undoubtedly  a  great  part  of  them  are  merely 
synonymes.  Four  are  from  America,  one  from  Asia,  four 
or  rive  from  Africa,  the  other  from  Europe.  The  number 
of  fossil  species  is  not  very  small.  Menge  describes  eight 
contained  in  the  Prussian  amber,  belonging  to  five  genera, 
still  living,  and  Corda  one  (Microlabis  Sternbergi)  from 
the  coal  formation  in  Bohemia,  one  inch  long. 

One  species  belonging  to  a  new  genus  (Eucarpus)  en¬ 
tirely  unknown  by  me,  is  found  in  gum  copal.  Linnaeus 
and  DeGeer  described  and  figured  a  century  ago  a  species 
from  Surinam,  Chelifer  Americanus.  I  received  many 
years  ago,  three  examples  from  Surinam,  not  now  before 
me,  with  the  notice,  "living  parasitic  upon  Acanthocinus 
longimanus .”  This  is  the  largest  known  living  species. 

Two  species  are  described  by  the  late  Th.  Say,  from 
North  America,  Ch.  muriccUus  and  oblongus ;  and  Koch 


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51 


described  and  figured,  from  an  imperfect  example,  a 
species  from  Brazil,  as  a  new  genus  Pelorus ,  probably 
identical  with  Chernes,  as  P.  rufimanus .  The  kind  com¬ 
munications  received  by  American  naturalists  (Messrs. 
Packard,  Sanborn,  Burgess,  Walsh,  Allen  and  Cresson) 
allowed  me  to  add  five  species  new  to  the  American  fauna, 
but  undoubtedly  the  number  of  American  species  are  much 
more  considerable.  The  celebrated  Danish  entomologist, 
Dr.  Schiodte,  has  found  in  the  caves  of  Adelsberg  a  curi¬ 
ous  blind  species,  quite  common  there,  and  it  is  very 
probable  that  a  closer  examination  of  the  Kentucky  caves 
will  give  similar  American  species.  His  new  genus, 
Blothrus ,  seems  to  be  a  blind  species  of  the  four-eyed 
genus  Ohthonius  Koch.  The  nine  American  species  now 
known  represent  all  the  living  genera  except  Oheiridium, 
but  it  is  more  than  probable  that  the  unique  living  species, 
Oh.  museorum,  lives  also  in  the  American  collections. 
One  species,  which  seems  to  be  the  most  common  in  New 
England,  is  surely  identical  with  the  Oh.  cctncroides ,  first 
described  by  Linnaeus.  A  very  close  examination  and 
comparison  with  the  types  received  for  that  purpose  from 
Dr.  Menge,  make  the  identity  sure. 

The  seven  North  American  species  are  not  difficult  to 
separate,  and  I  give  these  most  striking  differences,  in 
the  hope  to  procure  the  discovery  of  new  species. 

A.  No  eyes.  Chernes. 

1.  Ch.  Sanborni  Hag.  Rufous,  opaque,  granulated,  body  flat,  broad, 
ovate  ;  palpi  and  bands  stout.  Massachusetts. 

2.  Ch.  oblongus  Say.  Chestnut  brown,  shining,  polished ;  body  flat, 
ovate  ;  palpi  and  hands  stout.  Georgia,  Florida,  Pennsylvania. 

B.  Two  eyes.  Chelifer. 

3.  Ch.  cancroides  Linn.  Dark  brown,  opaque ;  thorax  armed  with 
many  short  spines ;  more  numerous  in  the  male ;  body  elongated, 
ovate  ;  palpi  and  hands  very  long.  Massachusetts,  Illinois. 

4.  Ch.  muricatus  Say.  Dark  brown ;  thorax  and  hands  black ;  the 


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ARACHNIDA. 


fingers  rufous;  body  flat,  broad,  ovate,  strongly  granulated;  palpi  and 
hands  stout.  Massachusetts. 

I  had  before  considered  the  Ch.  cancroides  as  the  species  described 
by  Say,  because  this  species  has  only  many  short  spines  on  the  thorax ; 
but  the  paler  fingers,  expressly  referred  to  by  Say,  and  not  existing  in 
the  Ch.  cancroides ,  but  only  in  the  Ch.  muricatus  above  mentioned, 
seems  to  prove  the  identity;  perhaps  Mr.  Say  has  united  both  species. 

5.  Ch.  Wrightii  Hag.  Brown,  opaque ;  body  flat,  very  large ;  a  lit¬ 
tle  tubercule  in  the  middle  of  the  metathorax,  and  a  similar  one  each 
side  on  the  abdominal  segments ;  palpi  very  long  and  thin,  hands  long, 
thin,  cylindrical.  Cuba.  Perhaps  this  species  will  be  found  also  in 
Florida  and  in  the  southern  States. 

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C.  Four  eyes  ;  body  more  cylindrical. 

a.  Fingers  curved. 

Obisium. 

6.  0.  brunneum  Hag.  Pale  brown,  polished;  thorax  nearly  quad¬ 
rangular  ;  palpi  short,  stout.  Massachusetts. 

b.  Fingers  straight. 


Chthonius. 

7.  Chth.  Pensylvanicus  Hag.  Pale  brown,  polished ;  thorax  quad¬ 
rangular,  narrowed  behind  ;  palpi  long,  thin.  Philadelphia. 

The  largest  species,  Ch.  Wrightii ,  is  8-60  inch  long,  the  others  are 
a  little  smaller. 


RECORD 


AMERICAN  ENTOMOLOGY 


FOR  THE  TEAR  1870, 


EDITED  BY 

A.  S.  PACKARD,  Jr.,  M.  D. 


SALEM. 

NATURALIST’S  BOOK  AGENCY. 
1871. 


RECORD 


AMERICAN  ENTOMOLOGY 


FOR  THE  YEAR  1870. 


EDITED  BY 

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HYMENOPTERA.  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr., 
LEPIDOPTERA  (RHOPALOCERA).  By  S.  I.  Smith, 
LEPIDOPTERA  (HETEROCERA).  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr., 

DIPTERA.  By  R.  Osten  Sacken, . 

COLEOPTERA.  By  G.  H.  Horn, . 

HEMIPTERA.  By  P.  R.  Uhler, . 

ORTHOPTERA.  By  S.  I.  Smith, . 

NEUROPTERA.  By  P.  R.  Uhler, . 

ARACHNID  A.  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  .... 
MYRIAPODA.  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  .... 


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INTRODUCTORY. 


Though  the  Record  for  the  past  year  comprises  a  less 
number  of  pages  than  those  issued  for  the  last  two  years, 
we  are  not  to  infer  that  Entomology  is  on  the  decline  in 
America.  There  are  many  indications  beneath  the  sur¬ 
face  that  promise  much  for  the  future  of  this  study. 

While  we  regret  that  the  American  Entomologist  has 
suspended  publication  for  the  year,  we  are  glad  to  see 
that  the  Canadian  Entomologist  has  been  enlarged,  and  its 
prosperity  become  assured.  The  American  Entomologi¬ 
cal  Society  has  published  less  than  usual  this  year,  but 
one  number  of  its  "Transactions”  haying  thus  far  ap¬ 
peared. 

The  number  of  American  entomologists  whose  articles 
or  notes  are  referred  to  in  the  Record,  is  thirty-five  ; 
while  three  hundred  and  one  new  species  of  North  (and 
Central)  American  insects  have  been  described  in  Amer¬ 
ican  journals  during  the  year  1870.  Much  attention  has 
been  paid  to  the  subject  of  practical  entomology,  and  the 
habits  and  distribution  of  insects. 


RECORD  OF  AMERICAN  ENTOMOLOGY 


FOR  THE  YEAR  1870. 


HYMENOPTERA. 

$ 

R.  Osten  Sacken  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  54). 
Contributions  to  the  Natural  History  of  the  Cynipidse  of 
the  United  States,  and  their  galls.  (Article  5th.) 

W.  Couper  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  49).  Remarks  on  the  His¬ 
tory  and  architecture  of  the  wood  paper-making  Wasps. 

H.  F.  Bassett  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  98).  Galls  found  on 
plants  of  the  genus  Rubus. 

W.  Couper  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  110).  On  the  Economy  of 
a  species  of  Foenus. 

W.  Couper  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  113).  Ichneumon  in  a 
Spider’s  cocoon. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  146).  Entomological 
Gleanings ;  being  notes  on  JSTemcitus  ventricosus ,  and  Se- 
landria  cerasi. 

B.  D.  Walsh  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  297,  329  and  367). 
On  the  group  Eurytomides  of  the  Hymenopterous  family 
Chalcididae :  with  remarks  on  the  theory  of  species,  and 
a  description  of  Antigaster,  a  new  and  very  anomalous 
genus  of  Chalcididse.  This  paper  gives  synopses  of  the 
subfamilies  of  Eurytomides,  and  of  the  genera  and  species 
of  Eurytoma,  Decatoma,  and  Isosoma.  He  suggests  that 


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HYMENOPTERA. 


among  these  parasites  there  may  be  "  Entomophagic  Va¬ 
rieties  and  Entomophagic  Species,  strictly  analogous  to 
what  I  have  described  as  Phytophagic  Varieties  and  Phy- 
tophagic  Species.”  He  also  remarks  on  Dimorphism, 
believing  that  "dimorphic  forms”  very  frequently  ap¬ 
pear  in  both  sexes.”  He  gives  a  long  account  of  his 
studies  on  Gy  nips  quercus-spongifica ,  and  shows  by  new 
observations  that  Oynips  q.  aciculata  "is  a  mere  dimor¬ 
phous  female  form”  of  C.  q.  spongifica ,  combating  Rein- 
hard’s  hypothesis  "that  the  form  q.  aciculata  is  the  only 
true  gall-makiug  form,  and  that  both  q.  spongifica  and 
q.  inanis  are  inquilinous,”  adding  that  Reinhard’s  opinion 
"  is  sufficiently  refuted  by  the  negative  fact  that  no  form 
analogous  to  q.  aciculata  can  be  obtained,  after  extensive 
trials  repeated  through  several  years,  from  the  gall  of 
q.  inanis .”  The  paper  is  fully  illustrated. 

W.  LeBaron  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  360).  The  Chalcideous 
Parasite  of  the  Apple-tree  Bark  Louse  ( Ghalcis  [Aphe- 
linus]  mytilaspidis  n.  sp.). 

APIDiE. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  214)  figures  tlie  nest  of  Ceratina  dupla? 

VESPIDJE. 

H.  Gillman  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  167)  gives  an  account  of  the  habits  of 
Vespa  maculata. 

FORMICIDJE. 

B.  R.  Townsend  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  324)  gives  an  account  of  the  habits 
of  Atta  f evens  Say,  of  Texas. 

ICHNEUMONIDJE. 

W.  Couper  (Can.  Ent.,.ii,  110)  describes  as  new,  from  Canada, 
Foenns  area. 

CHALCIDIDJE. 

R.  Osten  Sacicen  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  58)  describes  as 
new  Callimome  ebria ,  from  gall  of  Lasioptera  vitis  O.  S.,  near  Wash¬ 
ington,  D.  C. ;  C.  dura,  from  the  gall  of  Diplosis  caryce,  from  Washing¬ 
ton,  D.  C. ;  C.  advena,  from  gall  of  Diastrophus  nebulosus  O.  S.,  from 
Washington,  D.  C. ;  C.  tubicola,  from  gall  of  Cynips  quercus-tubicola, 


HYMENOPTERA. 


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from  Washington,  D.  C. ;  C.  flavicoxa,  from  gall  of  Bhodites  radicuni 
0.  S.,  from  Conn. ;  C.  brevicauda,  from  gall  of  Diastrophus  nebulosus 
O.  S.,  from  Washington,  D.  C. ;  C.  magnified ,  from  root-gall  of  Bho¬ 
dites  radicum  O.  S. ;  C.  chrysochlora,  from  gall  of  Bhodites  dichloceros 
Harris,  from  Conn.;  C.  solitaria,  from  rose-gall,  from  Washington, 
D.  C. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  101)  describes  as  new  Chalcis  Maria 
from  cocoons  of  Telea  Polyphemus  and  Platysamia  Cecropia,  from 
Kentucky  and  New  Jersey. 

B.  D.  Walsh  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  297,  329  and  367)  describes  as  new 
Eurytoma  bicolor ,  E.  prunicola,  E.  auriceps ,  E.  punctiventris ,  E.  abnor- 
micornis,  E.  diastrophi,  E.  gigantea ,  from  Illinois,  and  redescribes  E. 
studiosa  Say ;  he  also  describes  as  new  Decatoma  varians,  D.  nigriceps, 
D.  nubilistigma,  D.  hyalipennis,  and  D.  simplicistigma,  from  Illinois. 
He  shows  that  the  four  species  of  Eurytoma  described  by  Fitch  are 
synonyms  of  Eurytoma  (Isosoma)  hordei  Harris,  and  describes  the 
parasite  of  the  latter,  Semiotellus  chalcidephagus  n.  sp.  (fig.  7).  Of 
the  subfamily  Encyrtides,  he  describes  Antigaster  (n.  g.)  mirabilis  n. 
sp.  (fig.  9),  from  Illinois,  and  Mr.  Riley  adds  a  description  of  the  male 
(fig.  10)  which  he  reared  from  the  eggs  of  Phylloptera  oblongifolia 
from  Missouri.  This  species  is  remarkable  from  its  habit  of  holding 
its  abdomen  over  its  back. 

W.  LeBaron  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  360)  gives  a  description  and  an  ac¬ 
count  of  the  habits  of  Chalcis  (Aphelinus)  mytilaspidis  n.  sp.,  from 
Illinois.  It  is  very  destructive  to  the  Apple  Bark  Louse,  and  has 
greatly  diminished  its  numbers  in  the  Western  States. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Ann.  Report  Ins.  Missouri)  describes  and  gives  an  ac¬ 
count  of  the  habits  of  Isosoma  vitis  Saunders. 

CYNIPIDiE. 

R.  Osten  Sacken  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  54)  publishes  new 
observations  on  the  gall  of  Cynips  quercus-palustris  O.  S.,  and  de¬ 
scribes  as  new  C.  q.-notha,  from  N.  Y.,  and  C.  quercus- echinus,  from 
California. 

H.  E.  Bassett  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  98)  describes  as  new  Diastrophus  radi¬ 
cum ,  and  D.  turgidus ,  from  Conn. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  159)  figures  and  describes  the  gall  of 
Diastrophus  nebulosus  O.  S.,  and  on  p.  213,  the  gall  of  Bhodites  rosce, 
and  on  p.  309,  the  gall  of  Bhodites  bicolor. 

TENTHREDmiDJE. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Injurious  Insects,  17)  describes  the  habits  and 
male  of  Abia  caprifolii  Norton. 

W.  Saunders  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  200)  records  some  facts  regarding 
the  habits  of  Nematus  ventricosus  Klug.  * 


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LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 


LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Butterflies  of  N.  Amer.,  part  5-7).  In  this 
beautiful  work,  the  following  species  are  illustrated  :  —  Limenitis  Lor- 
quinii ,  L.  Bredowii,  Argynnis  Edwardsii,  A.  Behrensii ,  A.  Zerene ,  Meli- 
tcea  Chalcedon,  Paphia  glycerium ,  Grapta  Faunus ,  Lyccena pseudargiolus, 
L.  neglecta,  Colias  Furydice,  G.  Edwardsii ,  C.  occidentals,  Anthocaris 
Beakirtii ,  A.  Cooperii,  A.  Sara,  Parnassius  Clarius ,  P.  Clodius. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  10-22).  Descriptions 
of  new  species  of  Diurnal  Lepidoptera  found  within  the  United  States. 
Eighteen  new  species  are  fully  described. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  115)  has  succeeded  in  obtaining  the 
eggs  of  Papilio  Ajax,  Colias  Philodice,  Nisoniades  Lycidas  and  Pylades, 
by  confining  the  females  with  the  food-plants  of  the  larvae. 

J.  M.  Jones  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  157 ;  from  Nature).  Nova  Scotian  Lepi¬ 
doptera.  This  is  a  short  abstract  of  a  'paper  read  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Institute  of  Natural  Science,  Halifax,  N.  S.,  “  On  the  Diurnal  Lepi¬ 
doptera  of  Nova  Scotia,  Rhopalocera,  Part  1.” 

H.  W.  Parker  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  175).  Iowa  Butterflies.  A  list  of 
the  butterflies  at  Grinnell,  Iowa,  additional  to  those  in  Mr.  Scudder’s 
list,  is  given. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  121-123  and  149-151).  Accentuated 
List  of  Canadian  Lepidoptera.  These  articles  give,  besides  the  ac¬ 
centuation,  the  derivation  and  explanation  of  the  generic  and  specific 
names.  The  first  two  numbers  do  not  complete  the  butterflies. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Second  Ann.  Rept.  on  the  Noxious,  Beneficial,  and  other 
Insects  of  the  State  of  Missouri,  1870).  The  habits  of  the  cabbage 
butterflies  ( Pieris )  are  fully  described  and  all  the  stages  figured,  and 
there  are  also  articles  on  Papilio  Philenor  and  Paphia  glycerium,  in 
which  the  different  stages  of  these  species  are  described  and  figured. 

S.  H.  Scudder  and  Edward  Burgess  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist., 
xiii,  282-306).  On  Asymmetry  in  the  Appendages  of  Hexapod  In¬ 
sects,  especially  as  illustrated  in  the  Lepidopterous  Genus  Nisoniades. 
The  external  genital  organs  of  the  males  of  a  large  number  of  species 
of  Nisoniades ,  most  of  them  new,  are  described  and  figured,  and  the 
species  are  arranged  in  eight  groups  based  on  the  character  of  these 
organs. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Trans.  Chicago  Acad.  Sci.,  i,  326-337,  1869).  A 
preliminary  List  of  the  Butterflies  of  Iowa.  This  list  is  based  entirely 
upon  the  collections  and  field  observations  of  J.  A.  Allen  made  during 
the  summer  of  1867.  Several  new  species  are  described. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  156)  has  obtained  quantities  of  eggs 
of  Eudamus  Pylades,  Neonympha  Eurytris  and  Hesperia  Mystic  by  con¬ 
fining  the  females  with  the  food-plants  of  their  larvae. 


LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCER  A  - 


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NYMPHALIDJE. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  55)  notices  Limenitis  Proserpina 
from  Nova  Scotia. 

E.  G.  Boutell  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  241)  records  the  capture  of  Lim¬ 
enitis  Proserpina  at  Evanston,  Illinois. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Butt.  N.  Amer.,  pt.  5-7)  describes  and  figures 
Limenitis  Lorquinii  (no  locality  given) ;  L.  Bredowii ;  Argynnis  Ed- 
wardsii,  from  the  mountains  of  Colorado;  A.  Behrensii;  A.  Zerene ; 
Melitoea  Chalcedon  ;  Papina  glycerium  ;  Graptct  Faunus,  from  northeast¬ 
ern  states,  Nova  Scotia,  Fort  Simpson  and  Rupert  House. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  1-9),  in  an  article 
entitled  Notes  on  Grapta  c-aureum  and  interrogations  Fabr.,  dis¬ 
cusses  the  synonymy  of  these  species,  refers  the  umbrosa  of  Lintner 
to  typical  interrogations  Eabr.,  and  describes  the  allied  form,  called 
interrogations  by  Lintner,  as  a  new  species  under  the  name  of  Fabricii. 
He  notices  the  resemblance  between  these  species  and  G.  comma ,  and 
describes,  under  the  name  Dry  as ,  a  new  species  allied  to  comma. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  14-17)  describes 
the  following  new  species: — Argynnis  Nevadensis ;  Grapta  Silenus , 
Oregon  ;  G.  Zepliyrvs ,  Virginia  City  and  Colorado  ;  G.  Marsyas ,  Cali¬ 
fornia;  G.  Dryas,  West  Virginia. 

The  Editor  of  the  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  121 
-  123)  describes  and  figures  the  larva,  chrysalis,  and  male  and  female 
imago  of  Papliia  glycerium  from  Illinois. 

T.  W.  Higginson  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  177)  reports  Limenitis  Ursula  as 
one  of  the  commonest  of  the  larger  butterflies  at  Newport,  R.  I. 

J.  M.  Jones  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  157)  gives  the  following  as  Nova  Scotian 
species: — Erebia  Nepliele,  Satyrus  Alope,  Debis  Portlandia,  Argynnis 
Aphrodite ,  A.  Myrina ,  Melitcea  Pharos,  M.  Ismeria ,  Grapta  c-argenteum. 
G.  interrogations ,  G.  comma ,  Vanessa  Antiopa ,  V.  J-album,  V.  Mil- 
berti,  Pyrameis  cardui ,  P.  Huntera,  P.  Atalanta,  Nymphalis  Arthemis , 
N.  Dissippus,  Danais  Archippus. 

H.  W.  Parker  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  175)  records  Erebia  JYephele,  Vanessa 
Antiopa,  V.  Progne,  Argynnis  Bellona  and  A.  Myrina  from  Iowa. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Ann.  Rept.  on  the  Insects  of  Missouri,  123-128)  de¬ 
scribes  and  figures  the  stages  of  Paphia  glycerium. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  139-  142)  gives  a  wood  cut  of  the 
larva  of  Neonympha  Eurytris,  descriptions  of  the  eggs,  of  the  larvae 
in  different  stages  of  growth,  and  of  the  habits,  etc.,  of  the  perfect 
insect. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  148)  describes  the  eggs  of  Danais  Ar¬ 
chippus  obtained  by  confining  the  females  in  a  bag  tied  over  a  plant  of 
Asclepias. 


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LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 


S.  H.  Scudder  (Trans.  Chicago  Acad.,  i,  331-334,  337)  describes 
Apatura  Proserpina,  sp.  nov.,  and  records  Neonympha  Eurytris ,  Hippar- 
chia  Boisduvalii,  Satyrus  Alope,  S.  Portlandia ,  Grapta  comma,  G.  c-ar- 
genteum,  G.  interrogationis,  Junonia  Ccenia,  Pyrameis  Atalanta,  P. 
cardui,  P.  Hunter  a,  Melitcea  Nycteis,  M.  Thar  os,  M.  Carlota,  Apatura 
Celtis,  Euptoieta  Claudia,  Argynnis  Aphrodite,  A.  Cybele,  A.  Idalia, 
Limenitis  Ursula,  L.  Misippus  and  Danais  Erippus. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiii,  276)  calls  attention 
to  two  distinct  forms  of  Grapta  which  had  formerly  been  labelled  G. 
interrogationis,  and  sustains  Edwards’  view  that  the  name  interroga¬ 
tionis  should  be  retained  for  the  darker  form  called  obscura  by  Lint- 
ner,  and  the  new  name  Fabricii  of  Edwards  for  the  species  which 
Lintner  considers  interrogationis.  He  also  proposes  the  name  G. 
Crameri  for  the  species  figured  by  Cramer  and  by  Abbot  and  Smith 
as  G .  c-aureum,  the  original  c-aureum  of  Linne  being  a  Chinese  species. 

LYCJENIDJE. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Butt.  N.  Amer.,  pt.  5)  describes  and  figures  Ly- 
ccena  pseudargiolus  from  Virginia,  Ohio,  Georgia,  Penn.,  New  York, 
and  L.  neglecta  from  the  Northern  States,  Canada,  British  America 
and  West  Virginia. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  18-21)  describes  the 
following  new  species  :  —  Tliecla  Behrii,  California ;  T.  Tetra  Behr, 
MS.;  T.  Dry  ope ,  Colorado;  Lyccena  Kodiak,  Kodiak;  Chrysophanus 
cup/reus,  Oregon ;  C.  Virginiensis,  Nevada ;  C.  Hermes,  California. 

H.  W.  Parker  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  175)  records  Thecla  strigosa  Harr, 
from  Iowa. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  61-63)  describes  the  larva  of  Theda 
inorata. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiii,  272)  discusses  the 
synonymy  of  Theda  calanus  and  concludes  that  T.  Falacer  of  Godart 
and  of  Boisduval  and  Leconte,  and  T.  inorata  of  Grote  and  Robinson 
are  the  same  as  the  calanus  of  Hiibner,  while  the  calanus  of  Grote 
and  Robinson  and  the  Falacer  of  Harris  belong  to  a  distinct  species, 
for  which  he  proposes  to  retain  Saunders’  MS.  name,  T.  Edwardsii. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Trans.  Chicago  Acad.,  i,  330-331)  describes  as 
new  Chrysophanus  Dione  from  Iowa,  and  notices  the  occurrence,  in 
the  same  state,  of  Lyccena  neglecta,  L.  Comyntas ,  Thecla  Falacer,  T. 
Mopsus,  and  in  Illinois,  of  Lyccena  neglecta. 

P  APILIONID  AB1 . 

The  Editor  of  the  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  340) 
notices  the  capture  of  Callidryas  pliilea  in  northern  Illinois. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Butt.  N.  Amer.,  pt.,  6,  7)  describes  and  figures 


7 


LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 

I 

Parnassius  Clarius,  from  California;  P.  Clodius ;  Anthocaris  Cooperii, 
from  California ;  A.  Beakirtii ;  A.  Sara,  from  California;  Colias  Ed- 
war  dsii,  from  Nevada ;  C.  occidentalis. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  133)  has  reared  Papilio  Marcellus 
from  the  eggs  of  P.  Ajax,  and  P.  Ajax  again  from  the  eggs  of  Mar¬ 
cellus. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  10-13)  describes  the 
following  new  species  :  —  Parnassius  Behrii,  Sierra  Nevada;  Colias  Ed- 
wardsii  Behr,  sp.  nov.,  Virginia  City;  C.  Emilia,  Oregon;  C.  Ariadne, 
California;  Pieris  Virginiensis,  West  Virginia,  Canada. 

J.  M.  Jones  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  157)  records  Papilio  Turnus,  Pieris  oler- 
acea,  P.  rapce  and  Colias  Philodice  from  Nova  Scotia. 

Chas.  S.  Minot  and  The  Editor  of  the  American  Entomologist 
(Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  74-77),  in  an  article  on  Cabbage  Butterflies,  describe 
and  figure  the  different  stages  of  Pieris  rapce,  P.  oleracea  and  P.  Pro¬ 
todice  and  give  an  account  of  their  habits. 

H.  W.  Parker  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  175)  reports  Papilio  Turnus,  P.  Aste- 
rias,  P.  Philenor ,  P.  Thoas  and  P.  Ajax,  var.  Marcellus  from  Iowa. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Ann.  Kept,  on  the  Insects  of  Missouri,  104-110)  de¬ 
scribes  and  figures  the  different  stages  of  Pieris  Protodice,  P.  oleracea 
and  P.  Bapce,  and  discusses  their  habits  and  the  remedies  for  their  de¬ 
vastations.  He  also  (116-118)  describes  and  figures  the  different 
stages  of  Papilio  Philenor. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Trans.  Chicago  Acad.,  i,  329-330)  records  Papilio 
Turnus  var.  glaucus,  Pieris  Protodice,  Colias  Philodice,  C.  Eurytheme 
and  Zerene  Ceesonia  from  Iowa,  also  Pieris  Protodice  and  Colias  Phil¬ 
odice  from  Illinois. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiii,  221)  describes  the 
larva  and  chrysalis  of  Papilio  Butulus  from  California. 

HESPEftIDAE. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  22)  describes  Hesperia 
Hayhurstii,  sp.  nov.,  from  Missouri. 

H.  W.  Parker  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  271)  describes  Hesperia  Powesheik, 
sp.  nov.,  from  Grinnell,  Iowa. 

H.  W.  Parker  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  175)  records  Hesperia  Batliyllus  (Py- 
lades  Scudd.)  and  Nisoniades  Catullus  from  Iowa. 

Scudder  and  Burgess  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiii,  282-306) 
describe  and  figure  the  external  genital  organs  of  the  males  of  the 
following  species  of  Nisoniades:  —  N.  Persius  Scudd.,  New  England; 
N.  Lucilius  Lintner  MSS.,  New  England ;  N.  Icelus  Lintner  MSS.,  New 
England;  N.  Brizo  Westw.,  New  England  to  Florida;  N.  Martialis 
Scudd.,  Northern  States;  N.  Terentius,  sp.  nov.,  Florida;  N.  funeralis , 
sp.  nov.,  Texas ;  N.  Ovidus,  sp.  nov.,  Florida;  N.  Ennius,  sp.  nov.,  New 


8 


LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


England;  AT.  Juvenalis  Westw.,  Southern  States;  N.  Propertius ,  Cali¬ 
fornia;  N.  Tibullus,  California ;  N.  Horatius,  New  England,  Texas ;  N. 
Virgilius,  New  England;  AT.  tristis  Boisd.,  California;  AT.  Plautus, 
Florida. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiii,  206)  states  that 
the  external  genital  organs  in  the  males  of  the  North  American  species 
of  Nisoniades  are  asymmetrical ;  A'-.  Catullus  does  not  come  under  this 
rule,  but  its  structural  features  show  that  it  is  wrongly  placed  in 
this  relation. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiii,  207)  states  that 
Eudamus  Bathyllus  of  Harris  is  not  the  species  described  and  figured 
by  Abbot  and  Smith  under  that  specific  name,  and  he  proposes  the 
name  E.  Pylades  for  Harris’  species. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Trans.  Chicago  Acad.,  i,  334-337)  describes  Nis- 
oniades  Martialis  and  Hesperia  Iowa  as  new,  and,  with  them,  records 
the  following  from  Iowa: — Eudamus  Tityrus,  Hesperia  Samoset,  H. 
Metacomet,  H.  Ahaton,  H.  Leonardus ,  H.  Sassacus,  H.  Napa ,  H.  Hobo- 
mo/c,  II.  conspicua,  H.  Logan,  H.  Delaware,  Pyrgus  Syrichtus.  He  also 
notes  Eudamus  Tityrus,  E.  Lycidas,  E.  Batlryllus,  Hesperia  Samoset,  H. 
Ahaton  and  H.  Hobomok  from  Illinois. 


LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA.. 

H.  Behr  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  23).  Synop¬ 
sis  Noctuidarum  hujusque  in  California  repertarum. 

C.  T.  Robinson  (Annals  Lyceum  Nat.  Hist.  N.  Y., 
ix,  152,  310,  published  Oct.,  1869).  Lepidopterological 
Miscellanies,  1,  2. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  73).  Note  on  Am- 

phipyra  tragopogonis  Linn. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  74).  On  the  Larvae  of 
some  Lepidoptera. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  114).  Notice  of  the 
Species  of  Drepanodes. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  Injurious  Insects  new  and  little 
known.  (From  Annual  Report  Mass.  Board  of  Agricul¬ 
ture,  1870.) 


LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


9 


A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Naturalist,  iv,  225).  A 
few  words  about  Moths.  Refers  to  their  transformations, 
illustrated  by  rude  figures  from  Abbot’s  unpublished 
drawings. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Second  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious, 
Beneficial,  and  other  Insects  of  Missouri).  In  part  re¬ 
printed  from  the  American  Entomologist,  ii. 

SPHING-ID2E. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Second  Annual  Kept.  Ins.  Missouri)  describes  (with 
figures)  the  habits  of  Chcerocampa  pampinatrix  (Sm.  and  Abb.),  Phil- 
ampelus  achemon  (Drury),  P.  satellitia  (Linn.),  and  Thyreus  Abbotii 
Swains. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  257)  gives  an  illustrated  account  of  the 
transformations  of  Deilephila  lineata  Fabr. 

Z  Y  GiENTD-ZE . 

C.  V.  Riley  (Second  Annual  Report  Ins.  Missouri)  describes  (with 
figures)  the  habits  of  Alypia  8-maculata  (Fabr.),  Eudryas  grata  (Fabr.), 
E.  unio  (Hiibn.),  and  Procris  (Acoloithus)  Americana  Boisd. 

BOMBYCIDJE. 

C.  .T.  Robinson  (Annals  N.  Y.  Lyceum,  ix,  152)  gives  a  short  de¬ 
scription  of  Euphanessa  mendica  Pack.,  and  describes  as  newr  E.  uni¬ 
color  (PI.  1,  fig.  2),  from  Texas. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  74)  describes  the  larva  of  Arctia  celia 
Saunders,  and  Dryocampa  rubicunda  (Fabr.). 

P.  S.  Sprague  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  82)  describes  the  eggs  of  Platysamia 
Cecropia  (Linn.). 

S.  S.  Ratlivon  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  81)  notices  the  mode  of  sexual  con¬ 
gress  in  Thyridopteryx  ephemerceformis  Steph. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  97)  gives  an  illustrated  account  of  Pla¬ 
tysamia  Cecropia  (Linn.),  and  its  parasites;  on  p.  127  an  illustrated 
account  of  Xyleutes  robinice  (Pack.)  ;  on  p.  182  an  illustrated  note  on 
Pyrrl\arctia  isabella  (Sm.  and  Abb.) ;  on  p.  261,  Clisiocampa  sylvatica 
Harr.;  on  p.  272,  Spilosoma  Virginica  (Fabr.). 

Wm.  LeBaron  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  143)  gives  an  illustrated  account  of 
Clisiocampa  Americana  Harr. 

NOCTUIDiE. 

H.  Behr  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  23)  describes  as  new  from 
California  Agassizia  urbicola,  Capnodes  Calif ornica ,  Catocala  Zoe,  C. 
Stretchii ,  C.  Irene ,  Bolina  hadeniformis,  Syneda  ochracea,  S.  nubicola, 


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LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


S.  maculosa ,  8.  Mexicana  (from  Mazatlan),  8.  Tejonica  (also  from  Vir¬ 
ginia  City,  Nevada),  8.  Stretchii  (from  Virginia  City,  Nev.),  8.  socia, 
r  8.  adumbrata,  8.  divergens ,  8.  Edwardsii ,  Homoptera  salicis,  H.  rosce 

(with  notes  on  the  larvae  of  the  two  last  species)  ;  and  records  Erebus 
odora  (Linn.)  and  Bolina  jucunda  Iliibn.?  as  occurring  in  California. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  73)  describes  the  larva  of  Amplii- 
pyra  tragopogonis  (Linn.). 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  75)  describes  the  larva  of  Mamestra 
arctica  Encyc. ;  on  p.  130,  the  larva  of  Ophiusa  bistriaris  (Hlibn.)  ;  on 
p.  145,  the  larva  of  Diphthera  deridens  Guer. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Second  Annual  Rept.  Ins.  Missouri)  describes  (with 
figures)  the  habits  of  Leucania  unipuncta  (Haw.),  Plusia  brassicce  n. 
sp.,  Mamestra  picta  Harr.,  Acronycta  populi  n.  sp.,  Acronycta  oblinita 
(Smith- Abb.)  and  on  p.  363,  Prodenia  autumnalis  n.  sp. 

PHALJENIDTE. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  74  and  128)  describes  the  larva  of 

Cidaria  diver silineata  (Hubn.). 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  114)  describes  Drepanodes  sesquilinea  n. 
sp.,  from  Alabama. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Inj.  Ins.  Mass.,  11)  describes  the  habits  of 
Chcerodes  transversata  Walk. ;  Halia  wavaria  Gcedart;  Priocycla  bilin- 
earia  n.  sp.;  Paraphia piniata  n.  sp.,  from  Ont.,  Canada;  Zerene  pini- 
aria  n.  sp.,  from  Mass,  and  Canada;  Parennomos  (n.  g.)  piniata  n.  sp., 
from  Mass,  and  Canada. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Second  Annual  Rept.  Ins.  Missouri)  describes  (with 
figures)  the  habits  of  Anisopteryx  vernata  Peck. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  203)  gives  an  illustrated  account  of  the 
transformations  of  Aplodes  rubivora  Riley,  from  Missouri  and  New 
Jersey. 

PYRALIDJE. 

H.  Behr  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  23)  describes  as  new  Hypena 
Californica  from  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

C.  T.  Robinson  (Annals  N.  Y.  Lyceum,  ix,  153)  describes  as  new 
Oligostigma  albctlis  (PI.  1,  fig.  3),  from  N.  Y.  and  Penn.;  Cataclysta 
bifascialis  (PI.  1,  fig.  4),  from  Texas;  Eromene  Texana  (PI.  1,  fig.  5), 
from  Texas.  On  p.  310  he  notices  Hypena  Baltimoralis  from  N.  Y. 
and  Penn.,  H.  bijugalis  and  H.  manalis  from  N.  Y.,  and  describes  H. 
internalis  n.  sp.,  and  II.  evanidalis  n.  sp.,  from  Penn. ;  and  Schcenobius 
longirostrellus  (Clem.),  he  records  from  Mass.,  Penn,  and  N.  Y. ;  S. 
melinellus  (Clem.),  from  Penn,  and  N.  Y. ;  and  describes  S.  disper- 
sellus  n.  sp.,  from  N.  Y.  and  Texas;  S.  unipunctellus  n.  sp.,  and  S. 
tripunctellus  n.  sp.,  from  Texas;  Crambus  minimellus  n.  sp.,  from 
Penn.;  and  redescribes  0.  bipunctellus  Zeller,  from  Ohio,  Penn.,  Ill. 
and  Va. 


DIPTERA. 


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W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  126)  describes  the  habits  of  Phycita 
nebulo  Walsh. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Inj.  Ins.  Mass.,  18)  describes  the  habits  of  Botys 
syringicola  n.  sp.,  from  N.  Y. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Second  Annual  Rept.  Ins.  Missouri)  describes  the 
habits  (with  figures)  of  Phcikellura  nitidalis  (Cram.). 

C.  V.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  208)  gives  an  illustrated  account  of  the 
transformations  of  Desmia  maculalis  Westw. 

TORTRICIDJE. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Inj.  Ins.  Mass.,  1)  describes  the  habits  of  Graph- 
olitha  oculana  Harr. ;  p.  6,  Tortrix  V-signatana  n.  sp. ;  T.  oxycoccana 
Pack. ;  T.  incertana  Clem.,  all  from  Mass. ;  and  T.  vaciniivorana  n.  sp., 
from  New  Jersey. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Second  Ann.  Rept.  Ins.  Missouri)  figures  and  describes 
Eurypty  cilia  saligneana  Clem. 

TINEIDJE. 

C.  T.  Robinson  (Ann.  N.  Y.  Lyceum,  ix,  155)  describes  Depres- 
saria  cinereocostella  n.  sp.,  PI.  1,  fig.  6 ;  re-describes  D.  atrodorsella 
Clem.,  PI.  1,  fig.  7;  D.  Lecontella  Clem.,  PI.  1,  fig.  9;  and  describes 
D.  Grotella  n.  sp.,  PI.  1,  fig.  10. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Inj.  Ins.  Mass.,  5)  describes  the  habits  of  Mi- 
cropteryx  pomivorella  n.  sp. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Second  Ann.  Rept.  Ins.  Missouri)  figures  and  de¬ 
scribes  the  habits  and  transformations  of  Walshia  amorphella  Clem. 

PTEROPHORID^E. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  234)  gives  an  illustrated  account  of 
Pterophorus  periscelidactylus  Fitch. 


DIPTERA. 

R.  Osten  Sacken  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  51). 
Biological  Notes  on  Diptera.  (Article  2d.) 

B.  D.  Walsh  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  137).  Larvae  in  the 
human  bowels. 

CECIDOMYIADJE. 

R.  Osten  Sacken  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  151)  describes  as 
new  Aspondylia  rudbeckioc-conspicua  from  very  large  galls,  formed  on 
the  flower  of  Budbeckia  triloba?  in  Penn.,  and  gives  some  characters 
of  A.  helianthi- globulus  Walsh. 


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DIPTERA. 


He  also  describes  the  galls  of  Cecidomyici  sambuci-umbellicola  n.  sp., 
consisting  in  the  enlargement  of  the  flower-buds  of  Sambucus  race- 
mosa ;  of  C.  caryoe-nucicola  n.  sp.,  which  deform  the  nut  and  give  it 
an  irregular  appearance;  of  G.  tilice-citrina  n.  sp.,  consisting  of  de¬ 
formed  and  swollen  terminal  buds  of  the  linden  tree,  Tilia  Americana  ; 
of  C.  quercus  majalis  n.  sp.  (and  not  majulis  as  it  is  printed),  which 
consists  in  hollow  bladder-like  swellings  on  the  leaves. 

SIMULID  2E . 

S.  Green  (Trout  Culture,  92)  calls  attention  to  the  fact  that  young 
trout  and  whitefish  are  killed  by  the  web  spun  by  the  larva  of  Simu- 
lium.  “The  threads  are  not  strong  enough  to  hold  the  young  trout 
after  the  umbilical  sac  is  absorbed,  but  the  web  will  stick  to  the  fins 
and  get  wound  around  the  head  and  gills  and  soon  kills  the  fish.”  “  I 
found  ten  small  whitefish  caught  in  one  web  in  one  night.” 

C.  V.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  227).  The  Death-web  of  young  Trout. 
A  notice  of  the  habits  of  the  larva  of  Simulium ,  which  is  supposed  to 
catch  young  trout  by  spinning  a  web. 

R.  Osten  Sacken  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  229).  On  the  transformations  of 
Simulium ,  with  figures ;  the  original  observations  made  on  a  species 
at  Washington. 

S.  J.  McBride  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  365).  The  so-called  web-worm  of 
young  trout.  Original  observations  on  Simulium.  Miss  McBride’s 
article  entirely  denies  the  statement  made  about  the  larvae  of  Simulium 
interfering  with  young  trout  by  means  of  webs.  According  to  her, 
these  larvae,  far  from  beiug  dangerous  to  young  fish,  supply  it  with  a 
wholesome  food. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  366).  Description  of  Simulium  pisci- 
cidium  n.  sp.  $  ,  the  species  referred  to  in  the  preceding  article. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  244)  describes  as  new,  from  Tennessee, 
the  gall  and  fly  of  Cecidomyia  Cupressi-ananassa,  figuring  the  gall, 
which  is  found  on  the  Taxodium  distichum  Richard  (see  p.  273). 

TABANID2E. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Second  Annual  Report  Ins.  Missouri,  128)  describes 
and  figures  the  larva  and  adult  of  Tabanus  atratus  Fabr. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Injurious  Insects,  24)  describes  and  figures  the 
pupa  of  the  same  fly. 

ASILIDJE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Second  Annual  Report  Ins.  Missouri,  121)  describes 
and  figures  Asilus  Missouriensis  n.  sp.,  which  destroys  the  honey  bee. 
He  also  describes  and  figures  the  larva,  pupa,  and  adult  of  Erax 
Bastardi. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Injurious  Insects,  22)  describes  and  figures 


COLEOPTERA. 


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the  pupa  of  Proctacantlius  Philadelphicus ,  which  burrows  in  the  sand 
of  the  seashore  at  Plum  Island,  Mass. 

SYEPHID^l. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  142)  gives  in  a  note  a  brief  account  of 
the  habits  of  several  Syrphi,  figuring  Helophilus  latifrons  Loew; 
Scceva  PMladelphica  Macq. ;  also  figuring  the  larva  of  the  latter,  which 
feeds  on  Aphides  on  the  Golden  Rod  in  Illinois. 

MUSCIDJE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  101)  notes  the  parasitism  of  Exorista 
militaris  Walsh  on  Platysamia  Cecropia,  and  describes  its  mode  of 
transformation. 

B.  D.  Walsh  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  137)  gives  an  account  and  descrip¬ 
tion  of  the  larvae  of  Homalomyia  Wilsonii  n.  sp.,  from  human  intestines : 
H.  prunivora  n.  sp.,  from  a  mass  of  decayed  plums  (with  description 
of  imago);  and  H.  Leidyi  n.  sp.,  stated  by  Dr.  Leidy  to  have  come 
from  human  intestines ;  the  two  former  from  Illinois. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Second  Annual  Report  Ins.  Missouri,  50)  describes 
Exorista  jlavicauda  n.  sp.,  from  Missouri,  where  it  occurred  in  herb¬ 
age. 


COLEOPTERA. 

The  following  notice  of  the  progress  of  this  depart¬ 
ment  of  Entomology  contains  first,  a  list  of  the  various 
contributions  arranged  under  the  authors’  names,  with  the 
periodical  in  which  published,  and  secondly,  under  the 
various  family  headings,  the  names  of  the  species  and 
genera  new  to  our  fauna,  or  described  for  the  first  time. 
Those  papers  which  contain  no  descriptions  of  new 
species,  are  briefly  noticed  under  the  titles  of  the  papers 
themselves,  so  that  the  reader  may  have  an  idea  of  their 
contents  without  unnecessarily  lengthening  the  second 
part  under  the  family  headings ;  papers  containing  new 
species  will  not  be  thus  noticed,  but  the  species  them¬ 
selves  referred  to  in  their  appropriate  place  in  the  present 
contribution. 


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COLEOPTERA. 


P.  S.  Sprague  (Can.  Ent.,  vol.  ii,  Nos.  iv,  v,  vi,  viii). 
"Notes  on  some  of  the  common  Species  of  Carabidre 
found  in  Temperate  North  America.” 

The  above  papers  treat  principally  of  Harpalus  and  its 
close  allies ;  descriptions  of  many  species  are  given,  and 
synoptic  tables  that  may  assist  the  student  in  his  deter¬ 
mination  of  the  species  treated  of. 

P.  S.  Sprague  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  370).  An  article 
on  a  new  Rove-beetle  and  its  habits. 

J.  Pettit  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  65,  84,  102,  117,  131). 
"List  of  Coleoptera  taken  at  Grimsby,  Ontario.” 

These  are  continuations  from  vol.  i,  and,  although  the 
region  included  by  Mr.  Pettit  is  not  large,  many  inter¬ 
esting  additions  to  the  Canadian  Fauna  have  been  made. 
No  less  important  than  the  list  are  the  appended  notes, 
giving  at  times  the  peculiar  habits  of  the  species  or  some 
remarkable  facts  in  their  time  of  appearance. 

C.  J.  S.  Betiiune  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  76,  89,  105).  "In¬ 
sects  of  the  Northern  part  of  British  America.”  This 
paper  is  entirely  a  reprint,  as  the  author  states,  of 
Kirby’s  Fauna  Boreali-Americana. 

The  above  author  also  notes  the  occurrence  of  Dory- 
phora  10-lineata  Say  (the  western  Potato-beetle),  in 
Ontario,  Canada. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  "Injurious  insects  new  and  little 
known.”  The  notes  on  Coleoptera,  in  this  pamphlet,  are 
but  few  in  number,  and  refer  to  the  injurious  habits 
of  Anthonomus  suturalis  which  lives  on  the  Cranberry ;  of 
Byturus  unicolor ,  on  the  Raspberry,  and  Sphenophorus 
zece ,  to  be  found  on  the  Indian  corn.  There  is  also  some 
space  devoted  to  several  species  of  Bruchus  especially 
varicornis  Lee.,  MS.,  and^m.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that 
nothing  has  yet  been  done  in  this  country  in  the  deter¬ 
mination  of  our  species  of  Bruchidee,  some  of  which  are 


COLEOPTERA. 


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quite  attractive  in  their  appearance,  while  none  are  really 
minute. 

C.  Y.  Riley.  Second  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious, 
Beneficial,  and  other  Insects  of  Missouri. 

The  above  report  contains  much  of  interest,  and  but 
little  that  is  new  to  Coleopterists.  The  author  states  that 
Coccmella  munda  and  Hippodamia  mciculata  prey  on  the 
Chinch  bug.  There  is  also  an  interesting  article  on  our 
species  of  Cassida,  with  figures.  The  larva  of  Orthosoma 
cylindricum  is  figured,  and  also  two  species  of  Prionus, 
with  notes  on  their  habits. 

J.  L.  LeConte  (Ann.  and  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.,  London, 
Dec.,  1869).  "List  of  Coleoptera  collected  in  Van¬ 
couver’s  Island,  by  Henry  and  Joseph  Matthews,  with 
descriptions  of  some  new  species.” 

The  above  cited  paper  was  not  received  in  this  country 
until  six  months  after  its  publication,  and  should  be 
noticed  here  (although  printed  abroad),  being  strictly 
American.  The  matter  was  prepared  before  its  author 
left  for  Europe,  and  would  have  been  published  at  home 
had  not  LeConte  thought  that  he  might  obtain  from  the 
same  source,  other  material  that  might  greatly  increase 
the  value  of  the  paper. 

Gr.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Phil.  Soc.,  vol.  xiv,  N. 
S.,  pt.  ii).  "Revision  of  the  Tenebrionidte  of  America, 
north  of  Mexico.” 

Gr.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  vol.  ii,  29-51). 
"Synopsis  of  the  Parnidee  of  the  United  States.”  "Notes 
on  some  genera  of  Coprophagous  Scarabaeidae.” 

This  short  paper  contains  synoptic  tables  of  Copris  and 
Canthon,  with  rectification  of  synonymy,  also  Notes  on 
Amechanus  (n.  g.),  Bolboceras  and  Odontaeus  and  a  note 
on  Onitis  nicanor. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  vol.  ii,  69-142). 


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COLEOPTERA. 


"Contributions  to  the  Coleopterology  of  the  United 
States.”  Principally  descriptions  of  new  species  with 
synoptic  tables  of  Omophron  and  Collops,  and  notes  on 
the  synonymy  of  various  species. 

"Descriptive  catalogue  of  the  species  of  Nebria  and 
Pelophila  of  the  United  States.” 

"On  the  species  of  Oodes  and  allied  genera  of  the 
United  States.”  The  latter  paper,  though  containing 
nothing  absolutely  new,  brings  together  in  a  convenient 
form  for  students,  all  the  species  and  genera  of  the 
group,  so  that  they  may  be  readily  recognized. 

"  Descriptions  of  the  species  of  Aphodius  and  Dialytes 
of  the  United  States.” 

"Descriptions  of  new  species  of  Histeridse  of  the 
United  States. 

CARABIDJE. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  69)  describes  as  new  Calo- 
soma  Haydeni,  Colorado;  p.  70,  C.  latipenne ,  Cal.;  p.  73,  Omophron 
robustum,  Nova  Scotia,  and  obliteration,  Ariz. ;  p.  75,  0.  ovale ,  Cal. ;  p. 
98,  Nebria  vngens,  Cal.;  p.  100,  W.  virescens,V ancouver;  p.  101,  AT. 
viridis ,  Alaska;  p.  105,  Pelophila  Ulkei,  Hudson  Bay  Territory;  p.  76, 
Pseudomorpha  Behrensi,  Cal. 

J.  L.  LeConte  (Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.,  Dec.,  1869)  describes  as  new 
Platynus  fraterculus,  Zacotus  (n.  g.)  Matthewsii ,  Patrobus  fulcratus  and 
trochantericus  (Fort  Crook,  Cal.),  all  except  the  last  from  Vancouver’s 
Island. 

DYTISCID^E. 

J.  L.  Leconte  (Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.)  describes  as  new  Aniso- 
mera  recta  from  Vancouver’s  Island. 

ST  APH YLINID  JE . 

P.  S.  Sprague  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  370)  describes  as  new  Alceochara  an - 
thomyice,  from  Mass. 

HISTERIDJE. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  131)  describes  as  new 
Hister  Ulkei,  from  Nebraska,  H.  Arizonce,  from  Arizona;  p.  135,  H. 
Gloveri ,  from  Indian  Territory,  J/.  militaris,  from  California;  p.  137; 
Hetcerius  Californicus,  from  California,  Tribalis  Californicus,  Cali¬ 
fornia;  p.  138,  Onthopliilus  Lecontei,  California;  p.  140,  Saprinus  cequi- 
punctatus,  from  California;  notices  S.  cubcecola  Mars.,  from  Key  West, 


COLEOPTERA. 


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and  S.  ceneicollis  Mars.,  from  Texas,  new  to  our  fauna;  and  on  p.  141, 
describes  Plegaderus  nitidus  and  fraternus,  from  Nevada. 

BYRRHIDJE. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  76)  describes  as  new 
j Byrrhus  Pettiti ,  Grimsby,  Ontario. 

PARNIDAl. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,.  ii,  30)  describes  as  new 
Psephenus  Haldemani,  from  Peninsula  of  California;  p.  37,  Elmis  quad- 
rimaculatus,  from  California,  E.  glaber,  from  Arizona,  E.  mcestus, 
from  Arizona;  p.  38,  E.  abnormis,  from  Arizona,  E.  similis ,  from 
Arizona,  E .  ferrugineus,  from -Texas;  p.  41,  Macronychus  parvulus, 
from  California. 

S  C  AR  AB  iEID  JE . 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  77)  describes  as  new 
Lichnanthe  Edwardsi,  from  Oregon;  p.  48,  Amechanus  (n.  g.),  pro¬ 
posed  for  the  U.  S.  species  of  Athyreus;  p.  77,  Serica  elongatula,  from 
California,  Dynastes  Grantii ,  from  Arizona,  Valgus  Californicus ,  from 
California;  p.  112,  Aphodius  validus,  from  Hudson’s  Bay;  p.  114,  A. 
torpidus ,  A.  occidentalism  from  Oregon;  p.  118,  A.  crassulus,  from 
Georgia;  p.  121,  A.  Nevadensis ,  from  Nevada,  A.  vestiarius,  from 
Florida;  p.  124,  A.  leopardus ,  from  Maine;  p.  125,  A.  stupidus, 
from  Georgia,  A.  lentus,  from  Georgia  and  Penn. ;  p.  127,  A.  rubigino- 
sus,  from  Arizona,  A.  cegrotus,  from  N.  Carolina;  p.  128,  A.  politus , 
from  Texas;  p.  129,  A.  alternatus ,  from  Montana;  p.  130,  A.  Colora- 
densis ,  from  Colorado ;  p.  131,  A.  phalerioides,  from  the  Middle  States  ; 
p.  132,  A.  Walshii,  from  Illinois,  A.  rubripennis,  from  Canada;  p.  133, 
A.  ovipennis ,  from  California. 

ELATERIDJE. 

J.  L.  Leconte  (Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.,  Dec.,  1869)  describes  as 
new  Cardiophorus  long  ulus ,  Elater  anthracinus,  Limonius  nitidicollis , 
Corymbites  fraternus ,  from  Vancouver. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  79)  describes  as  new  Corym¬ 
bites  longicornis ,  North  Carolina. 

BUPRESTIDJE. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  79)  describes  as  new 
Acmceodera  quadrivittata,  Utah. 

MALACHIID^E. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  82)  describes  as  new 
Collops  validus ,  from  Sonora;  p.  83,  C.  pulchellus,  from  Arizona,  C. 
laticollis,  from  Peninsula  of  California;  p.  84,  Trophimus  (n.  g.)  cenei- 
pennis ,  from  Colorado;  p.  85,  Attalus  nigripes ,  from  Colorado;  p.  86, 

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COLEOPTERA. 


A.  elegans,  from  California;  p.  87,  Malachius  ( Hapalorliinus )  biguttu- 
lus,  from  California. 

CLERID^E. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  87)  describes  as  new  Chari- 
essa  elegans,  California. 

TENEBRIONID./E. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Phil.  Soc.,  N.  S.,  vol.  xiv,  pt.  ii,  259) 
describes  as  new  Triorophus  subpubescens,  from  Cal. ;  p.  260,  Stibia 
(n.  g.)  puncticollis,  from  Peninsula  of  California;  p.  261,  Trimytis 
pulverea  from  Arizona,  T.  abnormis,  from  Nevada;  p.  264 ,  Epitragus 
pruinosus ,  from  Cal.,  E.  dentiger,  from  Arizona;  p.  266,  Cnemodus  (n.  g.) 
testaceus,  from  Cal. ;  p.  268,  Eurymetopon  bicolor,  from  Cal.,  E.  sodalis, 
from  Cal. ;  p.  269,  Emmenastus  subopacus,  from  Arizona,  E.  acutus, 
from  Nebraska;  p.  272,  Zopherus  elegans,  from  New  Mexico;  p.  274, 
Arceoschizus  sulcicollis,  from  Cal.,  A.  regularis,  from  Arizona;  p.  275, 
A.  armatus,  from  Cal. ;  p.  279,  Centrioptera  asperata,  from  Peninsula 
of  California;  p.  280,  G.  variolosa,  from  Arizona;  p.  282,  Microschatia 
punctata  Solier  (new  to  our  fauna),  from  Peninsula  of  California;  p. 
284,  Asida  actuosa,  from  Cal.,  A.  semilcevis,  from  Nevada;  p.  286,  A. 
luctata,  from  Cal.;  p.  287,  A.  captiosa,  from  Cal.,  A.  consobrina, from 
Nevada;  p.  289,  A.  gibbicollis,  from  Peninsula  of  California;  p.  290, 
Astrotus  regularis,  from  Texas ;  p.  293,  Eusattus  costatus,  from  Peninsula 
of  California;  p.  294,  E.  erosus,  from  Peninsula  of  California;  p.  296, 
Goniontis  opaca,  from  Cal.,  C.  robusta,  from  Cal.;  p.  310,  Eleodes 
militaris,  from  Peninsula  of  California;  p.  314,  E.  pilosa,  from  Cal. 
and  Nevada;  p.  316,  E.  tenebrosa,  from  Cal. ;  p.  321,  Embaphion  elonga- 
tum,  from  Nevada,  E.  planum,  from  Colorado ;  p.  325,  Argoporis  (n.  g.) 
separated  from  Cerenopus,  A.  atripes,  from  Mexico ;  p.  326,  Cerenopus 
costulatus,  from  Peninsula  of  California;  p.  328,  Gratidus  rotundicol- 
lis,  from  Peninsula  of  California;  p.  329,  Amphidora  tenebrosa,  from 
Peninsula  of  California;  p.  330,  A.  caudata,  from  Arizona;  p.  335, 
Iphthimus  Lewisii  (variety),  from  New  Mexico ;  p.  346,  Alaephus  (n.  g.) 
pallidus,  from  Cal. ;  p.  347,  Eupsophus  (n.  g.)  castaneus,  from  Cal. ;  p. 
349,  Opatrinus  Sayi,  from  Kansas,  Mecysmus  (n.  g.)  ;  p.  351,  Conibius 
elongatus,  from  Cal. ;  p.  353,  Blapstinus  auripilis,  from  Arizona ;  p. 
354,  B.  discolor,  from  Cal.;  p.  357,  Notibius  gagates,  from  Arizona;  p. 
358,  Ulus  (n.  g.) ;  p.  360,  Gnemeplatia  sericea,  from  Cal.;  p.  361, 
Alaudes  (n.  g.)  singularis,  from  Cal. ;  p.  366,  Echocerus  (n.  g.)  ;  p.  367, 
Merotemnus  (n.  g.)  elongatus,  from  Cal.,  Mycotrogus  (n.  g.)  piceus,  from 
Cal.;  p.  368,  M.  augustus,  from  Arizona;  p.  369,  Metaclisa  marginalis, 
from  Cal.;  p.  371,  Uloma  mentalis,  from  Texas  and  Kansas;  p.  375, 
Plialeria  limbata,  from  Cal. ;  p.  377,  P.  humeralis,  from  Cal. ;  p.  377, 
Anaemia  Galifornica,  from  Cal. ;  p.  379,  Diaperis  rufipes,  from  Arizona; 
p.  383,  Platydema  micans,  from  South  Carolina;  p.  385,  Liodema  (n.  g.) 


HEMIPTERA. 


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Iceve ,  from  North  Carolina;  p.  387,  Pentaphyllus  Cctlifornicus,  from 
Cal. ;  p.  389,  Eledona  fungicola ,  from  the  Middle  States;  p.  391,  Apoc¬ 
rypha  clivinoides ,  from  Cal. ;  p.  395,  Helops  Edwardsii ,  from  Oregon. 

G3DEMERIDJE. 

J.  L.  Leconte  (Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.)  describes  as  new  Asclera 
nigra  from  Vancouver. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  89)  describes  as  new  Oxacis 
sericea,  Nevada;  p.  88,  Ditylus  bicolor ,  from  Oregon;  p.  89,  D.cyani- 
pennis,  from  California. 

MEL  ANDR YID  JE . 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  88)  describes  as  new  Anel- 
pistus  Americanus ,  from  the  White  Mts.,  New  Hampshire. 

MELOID^]. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  90)  describes  as  new  Lyt- 
tci  mcigister,  from  Cal.,  L.  deserticola,  from  Arizona,  p.  91,  L.  refulgens ,  L. 
auriculata ,  L.  compressicornis ,  from  Cal.,  p.  92,  Calospasta  nemognath- 
oides,  C.  perpulchra ,  from  Cal. ;  p.  93,  C.  mirabilis ,  from  Arizona, 
Zonitis  longicornis,  from  Illinois ;  p.  94,  Gnathium  Texanum ,  from 
Texas ;  p.  95,  G.  nttidum ,  from  Cal. 

CURCULIONIDJE. 

J.  L.  Leconte  (Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.)  describes  as  new  Dyslobus 
(n.  g.)  granicollis  and  D.  decoratus ,  from  Vancouver,  Phymatinus  (n.  g.) 
proposed  for  Tyloderes  V  gemmatus  Lee. 

CERAMBYCIDJE. 

J.  L.  Leconte  (Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.)  describes  as  new  Tetropium 
velutinum ,  Necydalis  Icevicollis,  Leptura  scripta,  L.  Matthewsii ,  Atimia 
dorsalis,  all  from  Vancouver. 

ENDOMYCHIDB3. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  96)  describes  as  new  My- 
cetinci  pallida  Colorado,  M.  limbata  Cal.,  Epipocus  unicolor  Colorado. 

ENGIDJE. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  97)  describes  as  new  Engis 
Californica ,  from  Cal. 


HEMIPTERA. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii)  notes  the  habits  of,  and 
reports  observations  on,  several  well-known  species. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Sec.  Ann.  Rept.  Ins.  Missouri)  describes 


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HEMIPTERA. 


the  habits  of  the  Chinch-bug  and  a  few  others  injurious 
or  beneficial  to  the  agriculturalist. 

V.  Signoret  (Annales  de  la  Soc.  Ent.  France,  ix.) 
describes  several  Homopterci  injurious  to  the  vine  in  Eu¬ 
rope  and  America. 

C.  Stal  (Kongl.  Svenska  Vetens.  Akad.,  ix.)  arranges 
in  systematic  order  the  families  Scutelleridce,  Pentatomi- 
doe ,  Pyn  diocoridce  and  Coreidce,  including  many  species 
from  North  America. 

P.  R.  Uhler  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii.)  describes  a  new  species 
of  Pentcitomidce. 

sctjtellerid^e. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Sec.  Ann.  Rept.,  33,  34)  notices  the  habits  of  Corime- 
Icena  pulicaria  Germ,  as  destructive  to  strawberry  plants,  and  cites 
C.  lateralis  Fab.  and  C.  unicolor  Germ. 

/ 

C.  Stal  (Enumeratio  Hemipt.  Kongl.  Svensk.  Akad.,  ix)  reduces  the 
following  to  synonyms  :  Macraulax  tristis  Uhler  =  Tetyra  bipunctata 
H.  Schf. ;  Pachycoris  guttipes  Walk.  =  Tetyra  farcta  Germ. ;  Pachycoris 
Stallii  Uh.  =P.  torridus  Scop. ;  Pachycoris  complicatus  Uh.  =P.  varia- 
bilis  H.  Schf. ;  Pachycoris  flavescens  Hope,  P.  nebulosus  Germ.,  P.  hebra- 
icus  Germ.,  P.  irroratus  Guer.,  Mayr.,  Dallas,  P.  cordigera  Beauv.,  P. 
cordiger  Mayr.  =  Diolcus  irroratus  Fab.,  H.  Schf. !  Scutellera  viridi- 
punctata  Say  =  Diolcus  chrysorrhceus  Fab.  Ilomoemus  parvulus  Germ. 
=  Homoemus  grammicus  Wolff.  Pachycoris  exilis  H.  Schf.,  Ilomoemus 
ceneif rons  Say,  Cimex  cretaceus  Panz.,  Tetyra  illustris  Fab.,  Augocoris 
pallidus  Beauv.,  A.  unicolor  Burm.,  A.  rugulosus  H.  Schf.,  A.  Besckii 
Germ.  =  Augocoris  sexpunctatus  Fab.,  and  refers  the  following  to  the 
genera  here  recorded,  Cimex  arcuatus  Fab.  =  Tetyra ;  Pachycoris  farc- 
tus  Germ.  =  Tetyra ;  Pachycoris  guttatus  H.  Schf.  =  Orsilochus  ;  Pachy¬ 
coris  varicibilis  H.  Schf.  =  Orsilochus ;  Pachycoris  scurrilis  Stal  =  Orsil¬ 
ochus  ;  Pachycoris  variegatus  H.  Schf.  =  Diolcus  ;  Cimex  Boscii  Fab.  = 
Diolcus ;  Pachycoris  Mexicanus  H.  Schf.  =  Tiridates ;  Pachycoris  rubro- 
cinctus  H.  Schf.  =  Tiridates ;  Pachycoris  obliquus  Germ.  =  Sphyrocoris  ; 
Ilomoemus  punctellus  Stal  =  Sphyrocoris  ;  Pachycoris  obliquus  Guer.  = 
Sympliylus ;  Pachycoris  luminosus  Germ.  =  Symphylus.  The  following 
new  species  is  also  described,  Acantholoma  denticulata  Stal,  p.  17. 
from - 

PENTATOMID^E. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  79)  reports  Stracliia  ( Murgantia )  his- 
trionica  Hahn,  on  cabbages  in  the  Southern  States. 

It  is  now  well  known  as  far  north  as  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  infests 
radishes  and  turnips,  as  well  as  cabbages.  P.  R.  U. 


HEMIPTERA. 


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C.  V.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  203)  quotes  observations  of  Mr.  W. 
Saunders  in  Canada  West  on  the  useful  nature  of  Podisus  placidus  Uh. 
in  destroying  the  larvae  of  Nematus  ventricosus  N. 

P.  R.  Uiiler  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  203)  gives  a  short  description  of  Po¬ 
disus  placidus  Uh.,  noting  the  places  where  it  has  been  thus  far  found. 

J.  P.  S.  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  155)  notes  the  recent  appearance  of  Mur- 
gantia  histrionica  Hahn,  on  cabbages  in  Tennessee. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Sec.  Ann.  Rept.,  32)  cites  Arma  ( Podisus )  spinosus 
Dallas  as  a  destructive  foe  of  the  Colorado  Potato-beetle. 

C.  Stal  (Enumeratio  Hemipt.  Kongl.  Svensk.  Akacl.,  ix)  reports  the 
following  synonyms  of  North  American  species  :  Stiretrus  fimbriatus 
Say  =  Stiretrus  ( Oncogaster )  anchorccgo  Fab.;  Oplomus  rubropictus 
Voll.,  Asopus  rliodomelas  H.  Schf.  =  Oplomus  ( Polypcecilus )  clichrous 
H.  Schf. ;  Oplomus  nigripennis  Dallas  =  0.  pulcher  Dallas  ;  Platynopus 
conspersus  Walker  =  Oplomus  ( Stictocnemus )  Proteus  Stal;  Bodetria 
scutellaris  Walker  =  Heteroscelis  lepida  Stal;  Pentatoma  variegata 
Kirby,  Zicrona  marginella  Dallas  =  Perillus  exaptus  Say  ;  Asopus  chry- 
sopterus  H.  Schf.  =  Canthecona  chrysoptera  Stal;  Audinetia  aculeatcc 
Ellen.,  Arma  geometrica  Dallas  =  Oimex,  ( Audinetia )  spinidens  Fab.; 
Canthecona  grandis  Dallas,  C.  phymatoptera  Guer .  —  Mutyca  phymato- 
pliora  Beauv. ;  Podisus  punctipennis  H.  Schf.  =  Apateticus  Halys  Dallas  ; 
Arma  grandis  Dallas  =  Apoecilus  grandis  Dallas ;  Pentatoma  didyma 
Beauv.  =  Podisus  sagitta  Fab.;  Arma  modesta  Dallas  =  Podisus  mod- 
estus  Stal;  Arma  spinosa  Dallas  =  Podisus  spinosus  Stal;  Canthecona 
Gundlachii  Guer.  =  Podisus  Gundlachii  Stal ;  Euthyrhynchus  Floridanus 
Dallas,  E.punicus  Dallas,  Arma  colorata  Walk.,  Pentatoma  emargincita 
Say  =  Euthyrhynchus  Floridanus  Linn.;  Oimex  vacca  Fab.,  Penta¬ 
toma  mucronata  Beauv.,  Cimex  gazella  Fab.  =  Piezo  sternum  subulatum 
Thunb. ;  and  describes  Polypcecilus  dichrous  H.  Schf.  from  Mexico ; 
Bhacognathus  Americanus  Stal,  Illinois,  Coryzorliapliis  cruciata  Stal, 
Podisus  ( Apateticus )  marginiventris  Stal,  Tylospilus  acutissimus  Stal,  T. 
cloelia  Stal,  Texas  and  Mexico. 

COREIDJE. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  15G)  reports  Anasa  tristis  DeG.  injurious 
to  almost  all  the  varieties  of  Squash  vines. 

C.  Stal  (Enumeratio  Coreinorum,  Kongl.  Svensk.  Akad.,  ix)  refers 
the  following  to  recent  genera,  Pachymeria  triangulum  Spin,  to  Ly- 
cambes  ;  Archimerus  affinis  Guej\  to  Lycambes  ;  Lygaeus  typhceus  Fab., 
Coreus  apridioides  Fab.  to  Corynocoris ;  Merocoris  distinctus  Dallas  to 
Corynocoris ;  Pachylis  gigas  Bunn,  to  Thasus ;  Pacliylis  acutangulus 
Stal  to  Thasus ;  Cerbus  phyllocnemis  Burm.,  Melucha  lineicollis  Am. 
and  Serv.,  Melucha  quadrivittis  Stal  to  Melucha  ;  Archimerus  brunni- 
cornis  H.  Schf.,  Mozena  spinicrus  Am.  and  Serv.,  to  Mozena;  Archimerus 


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HEMIPTERA. 


Nestor  Stal  to  Mozena  ;  A.  scrupulosus  Stal,  A.  lineolatus  Stal,  A.  luna- 
tus  Stal,  and  A.  luteus  H.  Schf.  to  Mozena;  Corens  calcarator  Fab.,  Co- 
reus  alternatus  Say  to  Archimerus  Burm. ;  Crinocerus  triguttatus  H. 
Schf.  to  Sagotylus ;  Cimex  cruciger  Tigny,  Coreus  crucifer  Guer.,  Acan- 
thocerus  crucifer  Beauv.  to  Acantliocerus ;  Crinocerus  lobatus  Burm.  to 
Acanthocerus  ;  Crinocerus  tuber culatus  H.  Schf.  to  Acantliocerus  ;  Coreus 
galeator  Fab.,  Crinocerus  tibialis  H.  Schf.  to  Eutlioctha ;  Anisoscelis 
( Bhinuchus )  declivis  Say  to  Acanthocephala ;  Diactor  alatus  Burm., 
Metapodius  thoracicus  Dallas  to  Acanthocephala  ;  Petalotoma  unicolor 
Guer.  to  Cliondrocera  laticornis  Lap. ;  Diactor  rufus  Dallas  to  Anisos¬ 
celis  affinis  Westw.;  Anisoscelis  albicinctus  Say,  A.  phyllopa  Westw., 
A.  confusa  Dallas  to  Leptoglossus  phyllopus  Linn. ;  Cimex  auctus  Fab., 
Anisoscelis  fasciatus  H.  Schf.,  A.  thoracicus  Guer.,  Theognis  Schaefferi 
Mayr.  to  Leptoglossus  balteatus  Linn. ;  Anisoscelis  zonatus  Dallas  to 
Leptoglossus ;  Hypselonotus  scriptus  Hahn,  Anisoscelis  scripta  Westw., 
A.  indocta  Westw.,  A.  serrulatus  H.  Schf.,  A.  minor  Dallas  to  Leptoglos¬ 
sus  stigma  Hbst. ;  Anisoscelis  tibialis  H.  Schf.  to  Leptoglossus  oppositus 
Say;  Anisoscelis  cincta  H.Schf.  to  Leptoglossus ;  Theognis  lineosus  Stal 
to  Leptoglossus;  Cimex  gr ablator  Hbst.,  Anisoscelis  antica  H.  Schf., 
Theognis  gonager  Mayr.  to  Leptoglossus  gonagra  Fab. ;  Theognis  ex- 
cellens  Mayr.  to  Leptoglossus  corculus  Say ;  Leptoscelis  lunatus  Am.  and 
Serv.,  L.  fastuosa  Dallas,  Lygceus  lunatus  Fab.  to  Pthia  ;  Cimex  ciliatus 
Fab.,  C.  leprosus  Fab.,  C.  candelabrum  Goeze,  Cimex  crenulatus  Fab., 
Lygceus  dispar  Fab.,  Anisoscelis  divisus  H.  Schf.,  Anisoscelis  pulveru- 
lentus  H.  Schf.,  Leptoscelis  an'nulipes  Guer.,  Leptoscelis  obscura  Dallas 
to  Pthia  picta  Drury;  Coreus  diffusus  Say  to  Spartocera ;  Xiphares  to 
Chelinidea ;  Gonocerus  apicalis  Dallas  to  Ficana ;  Anasa  lugens  Stal 
to  Anasa  Andresii  Guer.,  Lagaria  bellator  Dallas,  Gonocerus puncticor- 
nis  H.  Schf.  to  Anasa  bellator  Fab. ;  Acanthocerus  nebulosus  Beauv., 
Anasa  moesta  Dallas,  Anasa  spiniceps  Stal,  Anasa  scorbutica  Stal  to 
Anasa  scorbutica  Fab. ;  Anasa  terminalis  Dallas,  Anasa  armigera  Stal 
to  Anasa  armigera  Say;  Gonocerus  obliquus  Uhler  to  Anasa;  Hypse¬ 
lonotus  pulchellus  H.  Schf.  to  Cebrenis  centro-lineata  Westw.;  Paryphes 
Wliitei  Guer.  to  Sphictyrtus ;  Nematopus  rufoscutellatus  Gray  to  Pary¬ 
phes  ;  Alydus  diversipes  Westw.,  A.  affinis  Westw.,  A.  sinuatus  H. 
Schf.,  Alydus  recurvus  H.  Schf.,  A.  pallens  Dallas,  A.  atratus  Fab.,  A. 
obscurus  Westw.  to  Hyalymenus  tarsatus  Fab. ;  Alydus  sinuatus  Guer. 
to  Hyalymenus ;  Lygceus  eurinus  Say  to  Alydus;  Alydus  cruentus 
H.  Schf.,  Lygceus  5 -spinosus  Say  to  Megalotomus  quinquespinosus  Say; 
Alydus  pallescens  Stal  to  Megalotomus;  Alydus  apicalis  Dallas  to 
Stacliyocnemus ;  Paryphes  tibialis  Stal,  Coristenia  flavicosta  Costa  to 
Lyrnessus  geniculatus  Guer.;  Leptocorisa  linearis  Lap.,  L.  furcifera 
Westw.,  L.  tipuloides  Dallas  to  Gerris  filiformis  Fab. ;  Leptocorisa  tip- 
uloides  Am.  and  Serv.  to  Gerris  tipuloides  De  Geer;  Harmostes  costalis 


HEMIPTERA. 


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H.  Schf.,  H.  virescens  Dallas  to  Harmostes  reflexnlus  Say;  Syromsaste 
reflexulus  Say  to  Harmostes;  Lygccus  trivittatus  Say  to  Leptocoris ; 
Serinetha  coturnix  Guer.  to  Jadera  sanguinolenta  Fab. ;  Serinetha 
teola  Dallas  to  Jadera;  and  supplies  descriptions  of  the  following 
new  species  :  Mozena  nigricornis ,  Cuba ;  Nematopus  nigro-annulatus , 
Mexico ;  Maclitima  Mexicana ,  Mexico  ;  Stenoscelidea  cenescens,  Mexico ; 
Narnia pallidicornis,  Texas;  Amblyomia  bifasciata,  Mexico;  Sethenira 
ferruginea,  Cuba ;  Acidomeria  rustica,  Mexico ;  Namacus  annulicornis, 
Mexico;  Catorhintha  mendica,  Texas  and  Mexico;  Cimolus  obscurus, 
Texas  and  South  Car. ;  Anasa  ruficornis,  Mexico;  A.  costalis,  Mexico; 
A.  impictipes ,  Mexico ;  Anasa  denticulata,  Mexico ;  A.  acutangula, 
Cuba ;  Cebrenis  robusta,  Mexico ;  Dasycoris  nigricornis ,  Mexico  ;  Cera- 
leptus  Americanus,  Texas ;  Aufeius  impressicollis ,  Mexico  and  Texas. 

LYGJEIDJE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Sec.  Rept.,  15)  figures  and  gives  an  extended  account 
of  the  Chinch-bug,  Micropus  leucopterus  Say. 

TINGED  JE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Sec.  Rept.,  33)  figures  Piesma  cinerea  Say,  and  states 
that  it  has  been  found  destroying  the  blossom  buds  of  grape-vines  in 
Illinois. 

.  PHYTO  CORED  JE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  276  and  291,  and  Sec.  Rept.,  114)  notes 
the  destructive  habits  of  Capsus  ( Lygus )  lineolaris  Beauv.  =  C.  oblin- 
eatus  Say,  in  sucking  the  juices  of  various  herbaceous  plants,  and 
suggests  the  means  to  be  employed  in  checking  their  depredations. 

PYRRHOCORID  JE . 

C.  Stal  (Enumeratio  Hemipt.  Kongl.  Svensk.  Akad.,  ix,  90  —  )  cites 
all  our  species  of  this  family,  describing  as  new  Dysdercus  sanguin- 
arius ,  Cuba,  and  indicating  the  following  synonymy,  Pyrrliocoris  sutu- 
ralis  (Fab.)  Burm.  =  Dysdercus  Andrece  Linn.;  Dysdercus  bimaculatus 
Stal  =  Z>.  obliquus  H.  Schf.;  Capsus  mimus  Say  =  Dysdercus  albidi- 
ventris  Stal;  Capsus  mimus  Say,  var.  —  Dysdercus  mimus  Stal;  Ther- 
aneis  cliens  Stal  =  Stenomcera  cliens  Stal ;  Largus  rubro-cinctus  DeGeer 
==  Largus  succinctus  Linn. ;  Capsus  succinctus  Say,  var.  a.  =  Largus 
cinctus  H.  Schf. 

ANTHOCORIDJE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Sec.  Rept.,  27)  gives  a  figure,  and  an  account  of  the 
habits  of  Anthocoris  ( Triphleps )  insidiosus  Say,  stating  that  it  preys 
on  the  louse  of  the  vine,  Phylloxera  vitifolice  Fitch. 

REDUVIDJE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii)  notices  Pirates  (Melanolestes)  picipes 
H.  Schf.,  p.  309,  and  Harpactor  (Mityas')  cinctus  Fab.,  p.  340. 


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HEMlf*TERA. 


MALLOPHAQA. 

A.  S.  Packard,  jr.  (Amer.  Nat.,  iv,  83)  Certain  Parasitic  Insects. 
In  this  article  a  general  account  of  the  lice  is  given,  with  brief  de¬ 
scriptions  and  figures  of  Colpocephalum  lari,  Lipeurus  corvi,  L.  elonga- 
tus,  L.  gracilis,  Docophorus  buteonis,  D.  hamatus,  Nirmus  thoracicus,  and 
Goniocotes  Burnettii,  all  regarded  as  new,  and  it  is  stated  that  Gyropus 
ovalis  has  been  found  by  Mr.  C.  Cooke  as  parasitic  on  the  Guinea  pig 
in  this  country. 


(HOMOPTERA.) 

CICADIDJE. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  304,  308,  372,  and  Sec.  Rept.,  19)  adds 
further  notes  upon  Cicada  septendecim  Linn.,  C.  parvula  Say,  and  C. 
Cassinii  Fischer. 

B.  D.  Walsh  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  335)  discusses  some  of  the  relation¬ 
ships  of  Cicada  septendecim  Linn.,  C.  Cassinii  Fischer,  and  the  13-year 
brood  of  the  former. 

CERCOPIDJE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  234)  notices  Aphrophora  spumaria  Linn. 

TETTIGONID^E. 

S.  S.  Rathvon  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  371)  reports  Diedrocepliala  coc- 
cinea  Forst.  to  be  luminous. 

PSYLLIDJE. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Sec.  Rept.,  33)  notes  the  introduction  of  Psylla  pyri 
Fabr.  into  the  New  England  States. 

If  this  is  the  insect  reported  by  Dr.  Harris  in  his  Insects  injurious 
to  vegetation,  the  above  notice  is  erroneous.  The  species  so  named 
by  Dr.  Harris  is  not  Psylla  pyri  Fab.,  as  I  know  by  examination  of  his 
types.  It  is  a  species  unknown  to  those  who  have  published  memoirs 
on  this  family,  and  probably  undescribed.  —  P.  R.  U. 

APHIDID  JE . 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  79)  notes  Aphis  brassicce  Linn.,  also,  A. 
avence  Fab.,  p.  106,  A.  mali  Fab.,  p.  106,  A.  cerasi  Fab.,  p.  309,  and 
A.  Pudbeckice  Fitch.,  p.  142. 

COCCIDA3. 

V.  Signoret  (Annales  de  la  Soc.  Ent.  France,  4  erne  Ser.,  vol.  ix) 
describes  at  great  length  the  habits  and  history  of  Phylloxera  vastatrix 
Planchon  (noticing  Pemphigus  {Phylloxera)  vitifolice  Fitch),  and  gives 
figures  of  the  species  in  several  of  its  stages. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  353 — )  reports  extensively  on  the  hab- 


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its,  and  discusses  the  scientific  position  of  Phylloxera  vitif olios  Fitch, 
at  the  same  time  noticing  the  European  allied  species  P.  vastatrix 
Planchon. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  110,  143,  213,  334)  gives  notes  on  the 
habits  of  Aspidiotus  conchiformis  Gmelin,  and  also,  pp.  110,  181  of  As- 
pidiotus  Harrisii  Walsh,  and  p.  276  of  Lecanium  vitis  Linn. 


ORTHOPTERA. 

C.  Thomas  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  Phila.,  1870,  74- 
84).  Descriptions  of  Grasshoppers  from  Colorado. 
This  paper,  in  which  a  number  of  new  species  and  a  new 
genus  are  described,  with  an  account  of  the  habits  and 
distribution  of  Caloptenus  spretus  by  the  same  author 
(Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  81-84),  is  the  only  American  publica¬ 
tion  of  importance  which  has  fallen  within  the  notice  of 
the  recorder. 

GRYLLED^L 

C.  Thomas  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  206-207)  gives  a  “methodical  table”  of 
the  genera  of  Gryllidae  made  up  from  Walker’s  Catalogue  of  the 
family,  a  list  of  the  species  of  Gryllidae  of  the  same  work  not  included 
in  Scudder’s  Catalogue  of  Orthop^era,  and  copies  the  description  of 
CEcanthus  nigricornis  Walker,  from  Illinois. 

LO  OUSTED  JE. 

C.  Thomas  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  1870,  74-77)  gives  the  characters 
of  Anabrus  Hald. ;  describes,  as  new  species,  Anabrus  Stevensonii,  A. 
minutus ,  Thamnotrizon  trilineatus,  Ephippitytha  gracilipes ;  and  men¬ 
tions  Tliamnotrizon  purpurascens,  Orchelimum  vulgare,  O.  gracile , 
Udeopsylla  robusta  and  Centhophilus  [  Ceuthophilus ]  divergens  ;  all  from 
Colorado  and  New  Mexico. 

ACRIDEDJE. 

C.  Thomas  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  1870,  77-84,  and  in  Errata,  180) 
describes  as  new,  Opomola  {Opomala ]  Neo-Mexicana,  Pezotettix  picta , 
GEdipoda  pruinosa  (“  =  Gr .  trifasciatus  (Say),”  errata),  GE.  cincta, 
CE.  Carliniana ,  GE.  neglecta ,  Tomonotus  pseudo-nietanus,  Stauronotus 
Elliotti,  Boopedon  (gen.  nov.)  nigrum  (“=  Gr.  nubilus  (Say),”  errata) 
and  B.  flavo-fasciatum ;  re-describes  Brachypeplus  magnus ;  and  men¬ 
tions  Acridium  flavo-fasciatum ,  Caloptenus  spretus,  C.  bivittatus,  Pezo- 


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NEUROPTEEA. 


tettix  borealis ,  CEdipoda  corallipes ,  CE.  Carolina ,  CE.  cequalis ,  Tomono- 
tus  nietanus  and  T.  Mexicanus ;  all  from  Colorado  and  New  Mexico. 

C.  Thomas  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  81-84)  gives  an  account  of  observations 
on  Caloptenus  spretus  during  tlie  trip  through  Colorado  and  New 
Mexico,  describing  its  habits  quite  fully.  He  also  mentions  the 
occurrence  of  Brachypeplus  magnus  (with  which  he  is  inclined  to  unite 
B.  virescens),  on  the  plains  bordering  the  Arkansas,  and  CEdipoda 
corallipes  about  Cheyenne,  between  the  Platte  and  Arkansas,  and  on 
each  side  of  the  Raton  Mountains. 


NEUROPTEEA. 

JESCHNID.ZE. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  237)  notices  Anax  Junius  Drury. 

PERLIDtE. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  179)  notes  the  habits  of  Capnia  mini¬ 
ma  Newp. 

HEMEROBIDJE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  308)  reports  the  habits  of  Mantispa 
brunnea  Say,  also  (Sec.  Rept.,  26)  figures,  and  notes  the  habits  of 
Chrysopa  Illinoiensis  Shinier,  and  believes  it  to  be  the  same  as  the 
previously  described  Chrysopa  pi  or  abunda  Eitch. 


ARACHNID  A. 

J.  H.  Emerton  (Amer.  Nat.,  iv,  664).  The  Lycosa  at 
Home.  A  description  of  the  nest  of  a  species  of  Lycosa 
observed  in  New  York. 

ARANEIN  A. 

A.  S.  Packard,  jr.  (Amer.  Nat.,  iii,  616)  notices  the  great  differ¬ 
ences  in  the  freshly  hatched  young  from  the  adult  of  Epeira  cancer 
Ilentz. 


MYRIAPODA. 

E.  D.  Cope  (Trans  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  65).  On  some 


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new  and  little  known  Myriapoda  from  the  Southern  Alle- 
ghanies. 

CHILOGNATHA. 

E.  D.  Cope  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  65)  describes  as  n.  g.  and 
n.  sp.  Petaserpes  rosalbus  from  the  Cumberland  Mountains,  East  Ten¬ 
nessee.  He  also  records  Brachycybe  Lecontei  Wood,  and  Cambala 
annulata  Say,  as  occurring  in  the  valley  of  East  Tennessee,  and  Pseu- 
dotremia  cavernarum  Cope,  from  the  limestone  caves  of  the  valley  of 
the  Tennessee.  He  thinks  that  Brachycybe  should  be  referred  rather 
to  the  Andrognatliidse  than  to  the  Siphonophoridse. 

He  also  refers  to  the  “  secretions  of  a  very  acid  character”  which 
the  Strongylia  and  Sugentia  secrete. 

PAUROPODA. 

A.  S.  Packakd,  jr.  (Amer.  Nat.,  iv,  621)  notes  the  discovery  at 
Salem,  Mass.,  of  Pauropus  Lubbockii  n.  sp. 


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HYMENOPTERA.  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  M.D., 
LEPIDOPTERA  (RHOPALOCERA).  By  S.  H.  Scudder,  . 
LEPIDOPTERA  (HETEROCERA).  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  M. 

DIPTERA.  By  R'.  Osten  Sacken, . 

COLEOPTERA.  By  G.  H.  Horn,  M.D.,  .... 

HEMIPTERA.  By  P.  R.  Uhler,  ...... 

ORTHOPTERA.  By  S.  H.  Scudder, . 

NEUROPTERA.  By  P.  R.  Uhler, . 

ARACHNIDA.  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  M.D., 

MYRIAPODA.  B^  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  M.D., 


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INTRODUCTORY. 


The  favor  with  which  the  Record  for  1868  was 
received,  authorizes  us  to  issue  another  part  for  1869, 
and  encourages  the  editor  in  the  hope  that  the  ento¬ 
mological  public  will  give  their  support  and  cooperation, 
and  make  its  annual  appearance  a  permanent  thing. 

The  number  of  American  entomologists  whose  arti¬ 
cles  or  notes  are  referred  to  in  the  Record,  is  fifty- 
two  ;  while  three  hundred  and  thirty-live  new  species 
of  North  (and  Central)  American  insects  have  been 
described  in  American  journals  during  the  year  1869. 

(V) 


RECORD  OF  AMERICAN  ENTOMOLOGY 


FOR  THE  YEAR  18  6  9. 


HYMENOPTERA. 

E.  Norton  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  211  and  321). 
Catalogue  of  the  described  Tenthredinidae  and  Uroceridas 
of  North  America.  Concluded. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  260). 
Descriptions  of  two  new  species  of  Arotes. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  289).  A 
List  of  the  North  American  species  of  the  genus  Antho- 
phora,  with  descriptions  of  new  species. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  293). 
Notes  on  Cuban  Hymenoptera,  with  descriptions  of  new 
species. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  377. 
Published  Feb.,  1870).  List  of  the  North  American 
species  of  the  genus  Aleiodes  Wesmael. 

L.  Provancher  (Naturaliste  Canadien,  17).  Descrip¬ 
tion  d\m  nouvel  Hymenoptere. 

Editors  of  American  Entomologist  (B.  D.  Walsh 
and  C.  V.  Riley.  Yol.  i,  122).  Wasps  and  their  habits. 


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HYMENOPTERA. 


E.  T.  Cresson  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii, 
269).  Description  of  North  American  Bees,  No.  2. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  149). 
The  Joint-worm  (. Isotoma  hordei  Harris.) 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Canadian  Entomologist,  i,  33).  De¬ 
scriptions  of  new  Canadian  Ichneumonidse. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii, 
366).  Notes  on  Mexican  Pompilidas,  with  descriptions 
of  new  species. 

W.  Couper  (Canadian  Entomologist,  i,  61).  Para¬ 
sites  in  the  cells  of  Yespa  maculata.  The  parasites  are 
of  two  species  of  Ichneumons,  one  a  Mierogaster. 

W.  Copper  (Canadian  Entomologist,  i,  77).  Nest  of 

Crabro  sexmaculatus  Say. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Canadian  Entomologist,  i,  103).  De¬ 
scriptions  of  four  new  species  of  Canadian  Hymenoptera. 

B.  D.  Walsh  (Canadian  Entomologist,  ii,  9).  On  a 
species  of  Hemiteles,  ascertained  by  the  editor  [C.  J.  S. 

Bethune]  to  be  parasitic  in  Canada  on  the  imported  Cur- 

« 

rant  Worm  Fly,  Nematus  ventricosus  Klug. 

W.  Saunders  (Canadian  Entomologist,  ii,  25).  The 
Grape-seed  Insect  ( Isosomct  vitis  n.  sp.). 

B.  D.  Walsh  (Canadian  Entomologist,  ii,  31).  The 
Imported  Currant  Worm  Fly  ( Nematus  ventricosus  Klug) 
and  its  parasite  ( Hemiteles  nemativorus  Walsh). 

C.  Y.  Riley.  First  Animal  Report  on  the  Noxious, 
Beneficial,  and  other  Insects,  of  the  State  of  Missouri, 
1869. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Report  of  the  Peabody  Academy 
of  Science  for  1869,  p.  56).  List  of  Hymenopterous 
and  Lepidopterous  Insects,  collected  by  the  Smithsonian 
Expedition  to  South  America  under  Professor  James 
Orton. 

Annals  of  Bee  Culture  for  1869.  Edited  by  D. 
L.  Adair,  Louisville,  Ky.,  1869,  8vo. 


HYMENOPTERA. 


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The  American  Bee  Journal.  Edited  by  Samuel 
Wagner,  contains  short  articles,  original  and  selected,  on 
the  habits  of  the  honey  bee. 

APID^E. 

Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  289)  gives  a  table  of  the 
diagnostic  characters  of  the  species  of  Anthophora,  and  describes  as 
new  A.  Smithii,  from  Colorado  and  Dakota  Territories ;  A.  Walshii, 
from  Illinois;  A.  Californica ,  from  California;  A.  montana,  from  Colo¬ 
rado  Territory;  A.  ursina,  from  West  Virginia;  A.  Canadensis ,  from 
Ontario,  Canada;  A.  occidentals,  from  Colorado  Territory;  and  A. 
terminals,  from  Canada,  Mass.,  Conn.,  Delaware,  and  Colorado  Ter¬ 
ritory.  He  also  records  A.  marginata  Smith,  from  Orizaba,  Mexico ; 
A.  Florulana,  from  “Florida”  (Smith),  Penn,  and  Illinois;  A.  abrupta, 
from  Mass.,  W.  Va.  and  Illinois;  A.  bomboides  Kirby,  from  Mass., 
Conn.,  Penn,  and  W.  Va. ;  A.  tricolor  St.  Farg.,  from  “  Gnadaloupe  ” 
(St.  F.)  and  Hayti;  A.  atrata  Cresson,  from  Cuba. 

Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  295)  describes  as  new  from 
Cuba,  Agapostemon  obscurata ,  Megacilissa?  nigrescens ,  M.?  subaurata. 
Megachile  curta  and  var.  tibialis,  M.  armaticeps,  Coelioxys  tegularis,  C. 
producta,  Melissodes  mimicus,  Exomalopsis  similis  and  Centris  armil- 
latus. 

P.  H.  Philbrooic  (in  Amer.  Bee  Journal)  and  Editors  American 
Entomologist,  i,  p.  241,  notice  the  presence  in  honey  bees  of  a  dip¬ 
terous  larva,  probably  near  Tachina,  which  killed  the  bees. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (ii,  26)  note'  a  case  of 
the  unnatural  secretion  of  wax  in  the  hive  bee. 

Cresson  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,xii,  269)  describes  ProsopS 
basalis  Smith,  from  Colorado  Territory;  P.  varifrons  n.  sp.,  from 
Colorado  Territory;  P.  affinis  Smith,  from  Conn.,  New  York,  Penn., 
Virginia,  Illinois  and  Colorado  Territory ;  P.  sparsa  n.  sp.,  from  Penn. ; 
P.  verticals  n.  sp.,  from  Mass.,  Penn,  and  Colorado  Territory;  P.  an- 
tennata  n.  sp.,  from  New  Jersey;  P..pygmcea  n.  sp.,  from  Illinois;  P. 
Azteca  n.  sp.,  from  Orizaba,  Mexico;  P.  dubiosa  n.  sp.,  from  Orizaba, 
Mexico;  P.  Mexicana  n.  sp.,  from  Orizaba,  Mexico;  P.  grossa  n.  sp., 
from  Orizaba,  Mexico,  and  P.  limbifrons  n.  sp.,  from  Cuba. 

Packard  (Rpt.  Peabody  Academy,  56)  describes  as  new  Trigona 
mellicolor,  from  between  Quito  and  the  Napo  River;  and  notes  the  oc¬ 
currence  of  Bombus  robustus  Smith,  and  B.  funebris  Smith  at  Quito, 
and  two,  probably  new,  species  of  Xylocopa  at  Quito.  He  also  de¬ 
scribes  as  new  Centris  braccata  and  C.  i-macalata  taken  on  the  route 
along  the  Napo  and  Marahon  Rivers;  Euglossa  bombiformis  n.  sp., 
from  Quito ;  and  describes  the  male  (not  before  described)  of  Cliry- 


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HYMENOPTERA. 


santheda  frontalis  Guerin,  taken  on  the  route  along  the  Napo  and 
Marauon  Rivers;  Anthophora pilifrons  n.  sp.,  from  Quito;  A.  conica  n. 
sp.,  taken  on  the  route  along  the  Napo  and  Maraiion  Rivers;  Anthi- 
diwn  pictifrons  n.  sp.,  from  the  Napo  River;  Augochlora  nigro-ceneci 
n.  sp.,  and  A.  fuscipes,  n.  sp.,  taken  between  Quito  and  the  Napo 
River,  and  Halictus  rimosiceps  n.  sp.,  from  Quito. 

VESPIDJE. 

Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  294)  records  from  Cuba,  Ody- 
nerus  dejectus  Cress. ;  0.  cingulatus  Cress,  and  0.  Cubensis  Cress. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  135,  138)  figure  and 
describe  the  habits  of  Eumenes  fraterncc  Say,  and  on  p.  138  Vespa 
maculata  Eabr. ;  on  p.  141  Polistes  Americana  Fabr.  and  P.  pallipes 
St.  Earg?  and  vol.  ii,  p.  10,  figure  and  describe  the  habits  of  Odyne- 
rus  Jlavipes  Fabr.  ? 

D.  A.  A.  Nichols  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  200)  notices  the  habits  of  Yespa. 

Packard  (Rpt.  Peabody  Academy,  60)  notes  the  occurrence  of  Po- 
lybia  cingulata  Eabr.,  on  the  Napo  River;  describes  as  new,  Montezu- 
mia  Andeus ,  and  notes  the  occurrence  of  Odynerus  nasidens  Latr.,  on 
the  Napo  and  Marauon  Rivers. 

CRABRONID^l. 

Couper  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  77)  figures  and  describes  the  nest  of  Crabro 

sexmaculatus  Say. 

NYSSONIDJE. 

Editors  of  the  American  Naturalist  (i,  129)  figure  and  notice 
the  habits  of  Stizus  grandis  Say,  and  S.  spjeciosus  (Drury),  and  p.  133 
figure  and  describe  the  habits  of  Trypoxylon  albitarse  (Eabr.). 

Walsh  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  162)  describes  as  new  Stizus  brevipennis, 
from  Illinois,  and  suggests  that  the  specific  name  of  S.  grandis  St. 
Earg.,  a  North  African  species,  having  been  preoccupied  by  Say, 
should  be  changed  to  S.  gigas. 

.  Riley  (Report  on  Noxious,  etc.,  Insects  of  Missouri,  27)  remarks 
on  the  habits  of  Stizus  grandis  Say. 

BEMBECIDJE. 

Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  294)  records  from  Cuba,  Mone- 
dula  insularis  Cress.,  Bembex  argentifrons  Cress.,  and  P.  armata 
Cress. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  126)  figure  and  treat 
of  the  habits  of  Bembex  fasciata  (Fabr.)  and  undoubtedly  B.  spinolee 
St.  Earg. 

Packard  (Rpt.  Peabody  Academy,  60)  describes  as  new  Monedula 
10 -maculata,  taken  on  the  route  along  the  Napo  and  Marauon  Rivers. 


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LAKRID^E. 

Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  293)  describes  as  new  Larrada 
luteipennis ,  from  Cuba. 

SPHEQIDJE. 

Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  293)  describes  as  new  Sphex 
mandibularis ,  from  Cuba. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  126)  figure  and  treat 
of  the  habits  of  Chlorion  coemleum  (Drury),  Ammophila pictipennis  n. 
sp.,  Pelopoeus  lunatus  (Drury),  and  give  on  p.  174  a  synopsis  of  the 
genera  of  this  family. 

Walsh  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  164)  describes  as  new  Ammopliila pictipennis, 
from  South  Illinois  and  Colorado. 

POIVLPILIDJB. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  131)  figure  and  de¬ 
scribe  the  habits  of  Agenia  bombycina  Cress.,  A.  subcorticalis  Walsh 
and  Riley,  A.  architectus  Say  and  A.  mellipes  Say ;  on  p.  136,  163, 
Ceropales  rufiventris  n.  sp. 

Walsh  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  162)  describes  as  new  Agenia  subcorticalis, 
from  Illinois,  and  remarks  on  A.  architectus  Say,  A.  cupida  Cress.,  and 
A.  bombycina  Cress.  He  also  describes  as  new  Ceropales  rufiventris, 
from  Illinois,  and  remarks  on  C.  longipes  Smith. 

Packard  (Rpt.  Peabody  Academy,  61)  describes  as  new,  Pepsis  Qui- 
tonensis,  from  Quito ;  P.  purpuripes,  P.  vinipennis,  taken  on  the  route 
along  the  Napo  and  Maranon  Rivers,  and  Pompilus  vinicolor,  from 
Quito. 

Cresson  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  366)  describes  as  new, 
Pompilus  simulans,  from  Orizaba,  Mexico ;  P.  novellus,  from  Orizaba, 
P.  gloriosus,  from  Orizaba;  P.  confusaneus,  from  Orizaba;  P.  con- 
nexus,  from  Orizaba,  and  records  P.  Philadelphicus  St.  Farg.,  P.  cethiops 
Cress.,  P.  lepidus  Say,  P.  fulgidus  Cress.,  P.  coruscus  Smith,  P.  flavopic- 
tus  Smith,  P.  interruptus  Say,  P.  algidus  Smith,  P.  marcidus  Smith,  and 
P.  torridus  Smith,  from  Orizaba,  and  P.  torridus  var.  burrus,  from  Yera 
Cruz.  Of  the  subgenus  Priocnemis  he  describes  as  new  Pompilus 
impiger  and  P.  rupex,  from  Orizaba,  and  records  from  the  same  locality 
P.  fiammipennis  Smith,  and  P.  cincticornis  Cress,  (also  from  Yera 
Cruz),  and  records  P.  Sartorianus  Cress.,  from  Yera  Cruz,  Mexico. 
Of  the  subgenus  Agenia  he  describes  as  new  Pompilus  auripilis ,  from 
Orizaba,  P.  chloris,  from  Orizaba,  P.  nubifer,  from  Orizaba,  P.  levipes , 
from  Orizaba,  P.  calcaratus  Cress.,  var.  accolens,  from  Orizaba,  and 
P.  Sumichrastii,  from  Orizaba.  He  also  records  from  Orizaba,  P.  azu- 
reus  Cress.,  P.  Mexicanus  Cress,  (also  from  Yera  Cruz),  and  var. 
floridus,  from  Orizaba,  P.  subvirescens  Cress.,  from  Yera  Cruz  and 


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HYMENOPTERA. 


Orizaba.  He  also  describes  as  new,  Ferreola  Azteca,  from  Vera  Cruz, 
F.  loevifrons ,  from  Orizaba,  and  records  F.  formosa  Smith,  from  Ori¬ 
zaba.  He  describes  as  new,  Ceropales  Mexicana ,  from  Orizaba,  C. 
albopicta,  from  Orizaba,  C.  femoralis ,  from  Orizaba,  and  records  from 
the  same  locality  C.  agilis  Smith.  He  also  describes  the  male  of  Myg- 
nimia  Mexicana,  from  Vera  Cruz  and  Orizaba,  and  records  from 
Vera  Cruz  and  Guatemala  Fepsis  Sommeri  Dahlbom. 

SCOLIADJE. 

Packard  (Rpt.  Peabody  Academy,  61)  describes  as  new  Scolia  bisig- 
nata,  from  Quito. 

MUTILLIDJE. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  p.  137)  notice  the 
habits  of  Mutilla  coccinea  Fabr. 

FORMICIDiE. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  140)  notice  the  habits 
in  winter  of  Myrmica  lineolata  Say. 

Norton  (Rpt.  Peabody  Academy,  62)  notes  the  occurrence  of  (Eco- 
doma  cephalotes  (Linn.)  at  Aspinwall,  and  on  the  Napo  and  Maranon 
Rivers;  of  Odontomachus  licematodes  (Linn.),  Fachycondyla  peduncu- 
lata  (Latr.),  Ectatomma  tuberculata  (Latr.),  Camponotus  atriceps 
Smith,  and  C.  tomentosa  Norton,  taken  between  Quito  and  the  Napo 
River. 

CHRYSIDIDJE. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i.  135)  describe  the 
habits  of  Chrysis  bella  Cress. 

Walsii  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  162)  remarks  on  the  habits  of  Chrysis. 


ICHNEUMONIDJE. 

Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  260)  describes  Arotes  formosus 
Cresson,  from  Mass,  and  Canada;  A.  vicinus  n.  sp.,  from  Mass.;  A. 
venustus  n.  sp.,  from  Mass,  and  W.  Va.,  and  records  A.  amcenus  Cres¬ 
son,  from  W.  Va.,  Penn.,  Mass,  and  Canada,  and  A.  decorus  Say,  from 
W.  Va. 

Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  377)  gives  a  table  for  deter¬ 
mining  the  species,  and  describes  as  new,  Aleiodes  Texanus,  from 
Texas ;  A.  fumipennis ,  from  Illinois  ;  A.  Mexicanus,  from  Mexico ;  A. 
fascipennis,  from  Mexico ;  A.  ‘pedalis,  from  Mexico ;  A.  terminalis, 
from  the  Eastern,  Middle,  Southern  and  Western  States;  A.  abdomi- 
nalis,  from  the  Eastern  and  Middle  States ;  A.  lectus,  from  Illinois ;  A. 
atriceps,  from  Mexico ;  A.  intermedins,  from  the  Eastern,  Middle, 


HYMENOPTERA. 


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Southern  and  Western  States;  A.  Canadensis ,  from  Canada;  A.  dis- 
coideus,  from  Illinois ;  A.  ornatus,  from  Mexico ;  A.  fulvus ,  from 
Canada;  A.  aciculatus,  from  the  Eastern,  Middle  and  Western  States  ; 
A.  burrus ,  from  Conn.,  Illinois  and  Mexico ;  A.  Bileyi,  from  Missouri ; 
A.  femoratus,  from  W.  Ya. ;  A.  melleus ,  from  Mass.,  and  A.  fusciceps, 
from  Mexico. 

Norton  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  326,  published  Eeb.,  1870)  de¬ 
scribes  as  new  from  Conn.,  Cryptus  lophyri,  Hemiteles  utilis,  Aleiodes 
parasiticus ,  as  parasitic  with  Ichneumon  rubicundus  Cress.,  I.  fungor 
Nort.,  Pimpla  inquisitor  Say,  Campoplex  genuinus  Nort.,  on  Lophyrus 
abietis. 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (i,  133)  mention,  but  do  not  de¬ 
scribe  Mesostenus  ferrum-equinum  n.  sp. ;  and  on  p.  137  figure  Cryptus 
junceus  Cress. 

Cresson  (Canadian  Ent.,  i,  33)  describes  as  new,  from  Canada, 
Banchus  flavescens ,  B.  borealis ,  B.  Canadensis ,  Arotes  amoenus ,  A.  for- 
mosus,  Coleocentrus  Pettiti,  Bliyssa  Canadensis ,  Ephialtes  macer ,  Peri- 
thous  pleuralis,  Arenetra  Canadensis ,  Lissonota  rufipes ,  L.  frigida,  L. 
brunnea ,  Xorides  vittifrons,  Echtlirus  niger  and  E.  abclominalis. 

Cresson  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  103)  describes  as  new,  from  Canada,  Euceros 
Canadensis ,  E.  Couperii,  E.  burrus ,  with  a  synopsis  of  the  genus,  and 
Meniscus  Bethunei. 

Walsh  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  9)  describes  as  new  from  Canada  Hemiteles 
nemativorus,  with  a  synopsis  of  the  South  and  North  American  species 
of  the  genus,  and  remarks  on  other  species. 

Walsh  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  31)  makes  additional  remarks  on  Hemiteles. 

Riley  (Report  on  Noxious,  etc.,  Insects  of  Missouri,  89)  notices 
Paniscus  geminatus  Say,  and  a  species  of  Microgaster,  as  reared  from 
cut  worms.  He  also  (p.  150)  describes  as  new  Hemiteles  (?)  thyridop- 
teryx  as  parasitic  on  Thyridopteryx  ephemerae formis ,  and  records  Cryp¬ 
tus  inquisitor  Say,  as  parasitic  on  the  same  moth.  On  p.  177  he 
describes  and  figures  (pi.  2,  fig.  7)  as  new  Hemiteles  (?)  Cressonii,  a 
parasite  of  Gelechia  gallcesolidaginis  Riley,  and  Microgaster  gelechia  n. 
sp.,  parasitic  on  the  same  moth. 

Packard  (Rpt.  Peabody  Academy,  62)  notes  the  occurrence  of  Peli- 
cinus  polycerator  Fabr.,  on  the  Napo  River. 

CHALCIDIDJE. 

Norton  (Trans.  Amer'.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  327 ;  published  Eeb.,  1870)  de¬ 
scribes  as  new  from  Conn.,  Pteromalus  verditer  and  Cheiropachus 
nigro-cyaneus  parasitic  on  Lophyrus  abietis. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  149)  figure  and  de¬ 
scribe  the  habits  of  Isotoma  hordei  (Harr.)  and  figure  and  describe 
its  parasite  Semiotellus  chalcidiphagus  n.  sp. ;  and  Antigaster  (nov. 


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gen.)  mirabilis  n.  sp.,  p.  157,  and  figure  a  species  ,  $)  of  Eurytoma 
and  Decatoma  (p.  155). 

Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  25)  describes  as  new,  Isosoma  vitis,  and 
gives  an  account  of  its  economy. 

Riley  (Report  on  Noxious,  etc.,  Insects  of  Missouri,  176)  describes 
as  new  and  figures  (pi.  2,  fig.  9)  Eurytoma  Bolteri ,  and  figures  on  pi. 
2,  fig.  5,  a  species  of  Pirene,  which  he  does  not  name. 

Shimer  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  385)  describes  as  new  Eutelus? 
scymnce,  parasitic  on  Scymnus  in  Illinois. 

C  YNIPID.ZE . 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (i,  101)  give  an  account  of  the  hab¬ 
its  and  figures  of  gall  of  Cynips  quercus-spongifica  0.  Sack.,  C.  q.  inanis 
O.  Sack.,  with  figure  of  gall,  and  C.  q.  primus  n.  sp.,  with  figures  of  gall 
and  adult  insect.  On  p.  166  they  notice  the  habits  of  Bhodites  rosoc 
(Linn.).  On  p.  71,  figure  and  describe  the  economy  of  C.  quercus- 
seminator  Harris ;  p.  72,  figure  and  describe  the  economy  of  C.  quercus- 
frondosa  Bassett?  and  record  it  as  coming  from  North  Illinois  and 
Mississippi,  and  on  p.  73  Antistrophus  lygodesmice  pisum  n.  sp.  On  p. 
74  they  give  a  brief  synopsis  of  the  North  American  genera  of  Cyni- 
pidse  Psenides,  describing  as  a  new  genus,  Antistrophus. 

TENTHREDINID2E. 

E.  Norton  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  211)  records  from  Mass., 
Taxonus  nigrisoma  Norton;  from  Conn.,  T.  unicinctus  Norton,  from 
Canada  and  Maryland,  and  T.  multicolor  Norton,  from  Mass.,  Conn., 
New  Jersey  and  Illinois.  He  describes  as  new,  T.  amicus ,  from 
Canada;  T.  albido-pictus,  from  Illinois  and  Virginia.  He  records 
Strongylogaster  terminalis  (Say),  from  Mass.,  Conn.,  New  Jersey, 
Penn,  and  W.  Va. ;  &.  mellosus  Norton,  from  Mass.,  Conn,  and  Penn. ; 
8.  pallidicornis  n.  sp.,  from  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  8.  apicalis  (Say),  from 
Conn,  and  New  York;  S.  epicera  (Say),  from  Conn.,  New  Jersey, 
Iowa;  S.  rufocinctus ,  from  Conn.,  Maryland  and  W.  Va. ;  8.  pallipes 
(Say),  from  Conn,  and  W.  Va. ;  8.  pinguis  Norton,  from  Conn,  and 
Mass.;  S.  tacitus  (Say),  from  Mass.,  Conn.,  New  York  and  Canada; 
8.  rufescens  Norton,  from  Maine;  8.  longulus  n.  sp.,  from  Maine  and 
Mass. ;  8,  distans  n.  sp.,  from  California;  8.  multicinctus  Norton,  from 
Virginia;  8.  annulosus  n.  sp.,  from  Mass.;  8.  unicus  Norton,  from 
New  York ;  S.  meritorius  n.  sp.,  from  Cuantla,  Tierra  Caliente,  Mexico ; 
S.  nigritorius  n.  sp.,  from  Cuantla,  Mexico;  8.  illuminatus  n.  sp.,  from 
Cordova,  Mexico;  8.  fulviventris  n.  sp.,  from  Angang,  Mexico;  8. 
lineatus  n.  sp.,  from  Angang,  Mexico ;  8.  nigricans  n.  sp.,  from  Cuan¬ 
tla,  Mexico,  and  8.  nigredo  n.  sp.,  from  Toluca,  Mexico;  Pcecilostoma 
inferentia  n.  sp.,  from  Conn. ;  Tenthredo  grandis  Norton,  from  Canada, 


HYMENOPTERA. 


9 


Conn,  and  Illinois;  T.  mellinns  (Harris),  from  Maine,  Labrador  and 
Chilingunck  Depot,  Washington  Territory;  T.  xanthus  Norton,  from 
Pike’s  Peak,  Colorado.  T.  ruficolor  n.  sp.,  from  Canada ;  T.  verticalis 
Say,  from  New  England,  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Penn.,  North-west 
Territory;  T.  lobcttus  Norton,  from  Conn. ;  T.  angulifera  Norton,  from 
New  England  and  New  York;  T.  ventralis  (Say),  from  Arkansas;  T. 
angulatus  Norton,  from  Mass. ;  T.  formosus  Norton,  from  Maine  and 
Mass. ;  T.  eximius  n.  sp.,  from  the  summit  of  Mt.  Washington,  N.  H., 
and  Maine;  T.  dissimilis  Norton,  from  Northern  Illinois;  T.  signatus 
Norton,  from  Canada  and  Maine;  T.  variatus  Norton,  from  Rocky 
Mountains,  Colorado;  T.  pleuralis  Cress.,  from  Colorado  and  Great 
Slave  Lake;  T.  variegatus  Norton,  from  the  Rocky  Mountains,  Colo¬ 
rado;  T.  rufopedibus  Norton,  from  Penn,  and  Illinois;  T.  varipictus 
n.  sp.,  from  Cape  Mendocino,  California;  T.  varians  n.  sp.,  from 
Canada;  T.  semirufus  Norton,  from  the  Rocky  Mountains,  Colorado; 
T.  discrepans  n.  sp.,  from  English  River,  II.  B.  T. ;  T.  tricolor  (Harris), 
from  Maine ;  T.  mutans  n.  sp.,  from  Canada;  T.  semir  ultra  Norton, 
from  Maine;  T.  piceocinctus  Norton,  from  New  York;  T.  pecto- 
ralis  Norton,  from  the  Rocky  Mountains,  Colorado  ;  T.  rufopectus  Nor¬ 
ton,  from  New  England,  New  York,  Penn,  and  Illinois;  T.  ruftpes 
(Say),  from  “  North-west  Territory,”  (Say),  Maine,  Mass,  and  Canada ; 
T.  concessus  n.  sp.,  from  Good  Hope,  McKenzie  River,  H.  B.  T. ;  T. 
Jlavomarginis  Norton,  from  Conn.,  and  the  Notch,  White  Mountains  ;  T. 
cinctitibiis  n.  sp.,  from  Caribou  Island,  Straits  of  Belle  Isle,  Labrador; 
T.  fumipennis  n.  sp.,  from  Cape  Mendocino,  California;  T.  atroviolaceus 
(Harris),  from  Canada,  Maine,  Mass.,  Conn.,  Penn,  and  Maryland, 
var.  tardus ,  from  Illinois;  T.  attractus  n.  sp.,  from  English  River;  T. 
semiluteus  Norton,  from  Conn,  and  Penn.;  T.  confusus  n.  sp.,  United 
States;  T.  li-punctatus  Norton,  from  Virginia,  and  records  among  the 
uncertain  species,  T.  nigro-fasciata  Eschsclioltz,  from  Isle  of  Unalas- 
chka,  Russian  America,  and  T.  subcoerulea  Esch.,  from  Unalaschka. 

In  the  same  continued,  page  321  (Published  Eeb.,  1870),  Norton  de¬ 
scribes  Lopliyrus  tropicus  and  L.  Cordoviensis,  from  Cordova,  Mexico, 
and  describes  L.  pinus-rigida  Norton,  from  Mass. ;  L.  Abbotii  Norton, 
from  Georgia  and  Indiana;  L.  Akhursti ,  from  New  York;  L.  abietis 
Harr.,  from  Mass,  and  Conn.;  L.  abdominalis  Say,  from  Georgia;  L. 
Lecontei Fitch,  from  New  York  and  New  Jersey ;  Lyda  ochrocera  Harr., 
from  Mass,  and  New  Hampshire;  L.  brunnicans  Norton,  from  Rocky 
Mountains,  Colorado;  L.  maculiventris  Harr.,  from  Mass,  and  Lake 
Superior;  L.  credita  n.  sp.,  from  Mexico;  L.  bicolorata  n.  sp.,  from 
New  York;  L.  tessellata  Ivlug,  from  Penn.;  L.  variegata  n.  sp.,  from 
Cordova,  Mexico;  L.  fasciata  Norton,  from  Penn.,  New  York  and 
Conn.;  L.  plagiata  Klug,  from  “Baltimore”  (King);  L.  Canadensis 
n.  sp. ;  L.  excavata  n.  sp.,  from  Canada;  L.  pallimacula  n.  sp.,  from 


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HYMENOPTERA. 


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English  River  and  Conn.;  L.  Pacifica  n.  sp.,  from  California;  L. 
ochreata  Say,  from  Canada,  Mass.,  Conn,  and  Iowa;  L.  luteicornis  n. 
sp.,  from  Conn.;  L.  scripta  (Say),  “North-west  Territory  and  Arkan¬ 
sas”  (Say)  and  New  Hampshire;  L.  multisignata  Norton,  from  Rocky 
Mountains,  Colorado;  L.  rufo-fasciata  Harr.,  from  New  Hamp¬ 
shire  and  Conn.;  L.  semicincta  Norton,  from  Virginia;  L.  cavifrons 
Cress.,  from  Colorado;  L.  inconspicua  n.  sp.,  from  Penn.  Cephas 
abbreviatas  Say,  from  “Penn.”  (Say);  C.  heteropterus  Harr.,  from 
Mass,  and  New  Hampshire;  C.  Mexicanus  Guerin,  from  “Mexico” 
(Guerin);  Janus  flaviventris  Fitch,  from  “  New  York  ”  (Fitch)  ;  Phyl- 
loecus  clavatus  n.  sp.,  from  San  Francisco,  Cal. ;  P.  trimaculatus  (Say), 
from  Conn.,  Penn.,  New  York,  Mass,  and  Florida;  P.  integer  (Harr.), 
from  Mass,  and  New  York;  P.  bimaculatus  n.  sp.,  from  Conn.;  Xyela 
ferruginea  Say,  from  “Arkansas”  (Say);  X.  tricolor  Norton,  from 
Kansas;  X.  infuscata  Harr.,  from  Mass.,  and  X.  minor  n.  sp.,  from 
Washington,  D.  C.,  Penn,  and  Mass.  In  the  Addenda,  p.  367,  he  de¬ 
scribes  as  new,  Ptilia  Texana,  from  Texas ;  Cladius  simplicornis,  from 
Maine;  the  male  of  Euura  salicis-nodus  Walsh,  from  New  York,  and 
Croesus  laticulus  n.  sp.,  from  Mass,  and  Virginia. 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (i,  90)  give  an  account  of  the 
habits  of  Emphytus  macidatus  Norton,  with  a  description  of  the  larva 
and  pupa,  with  figures;  and  vol.  ii,  p.  15,  describe  and  figure  and  re¬ 
mark  on  the  economy  of  Xematus  ventricosus  Klug,  and  Pristiphora 
grossularice  Walsh;  on  p.  45,  of  Xematus  salicis-pomum  Walsh;  p.  49, 
of  Euura  salicis-ovum  Walsh,  and  E.  salicis-gemma  Walsh. 

I  append  the  following  description  by  Mr.  Norton,  of  a  new  species 
of  this  family  omitted  by  mistake,  from  the  “List  of  Hymenoptera” 
(Rpt.  Peabody  Academy,  1869),  collected  by  Professor  Orton.  Strongy- 
logaster,  Sec.  2.  Lanceolate  cell  without  cross  vein.  S.  Ortonii  n. 
sp. ;  length  0.40 ;  exp.  of  wings  1.00  inch ;  $  ,  color,  dark  brown,  head 
black,  breast  and  basal  half  of  legs  paler  brown.  Antennae  nearly  as 
long  as  the  whole  body,  slender,  not  thickened  in  middle.  Abdomen 
short ;  hinder  legs  rather  short ;  claws  bifid ;  wings  very  long,  their 
color  smoky  yellow ;  their  apical  one-fourth  obscure  blackish,  stigma 
semi-transparent  yellow ;  marginal  cross  nervure  not  bent ;  an  incom¬ 
plete  cross  nervure  entering  the  first  discoidal  cell  from  near  the  base 
of  the  first  submarginal  cell.  There  is  but  one  bulla  in  the  middle  of 
the  third  submarginal  cross  nervure.  Under  wings  with  two  sub¬ 
marginal  cells.  South  America,  between  Quito  and  the  river  Napo. 

T.  W.  Harris  (Harris  Correspondence,  268)  describes  the  larvae  and 
habits  of  Selandria  vitis  Harr.,  S.  rosce  Harr. ;  Macropliya  tibiata  Nor¬ 
ton  ( Allantus  sambuci  Harr.  Cat.)  and  Xematus  ventralis  Say. 


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UROCEKID  JE  . 

Norton  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  349,  published  Eeb.,  1870) 
copies  the  descriptions  of  Oryssus  hcemorrhoidalis  Harr.,  from  “Mass.” 
(Harr.);  0.  maums  Harr.,  from  “Mass.”  (Harr.);  0.  affinis  Harr., 
from  “Mass.”  (Harr.),  and  describes  Xyphydria  albicornis  Harr.,  from 
Conn.,  Mass,  and  New  York;  X.  maculata  Say,  from  Canada;  X.  tibi¬ 
alis  Say ,  from  Penn.;  X.  basalis  Say,  from  Indiana;  X.  abdominalis 
Say,  from  Penn. ;  X.  attenuatus  Norton,  from  Penn. ;  Urocerus  Ed- 
wardsii  (Brulle),  from  New  York,  Kansas,  Chilyunk  Depot,  Washington 
Territory,  Pacific  Railroad  Survey,  38  north  lat. ;  TJ.  zonatus  n.  sp., 
from  New  York  and  Maryland;  TJ.  cyaneus  (Fabr.),  from  Canada,  New 
Hampshire,  Conn.,  New  York,  Colorado,  Chilyunk  Depot,  Washington 
Territory  and  Europe  ;  U.  areolatus  Cress.,  from  New  Mexico ;  U.  nigri- 
cornis  (Fabr.),  from  New  York  and  California;  TJ.  albicornis  (Fabr.), 
from  New  England,  New  York,  North-west  Territory,  Lake  Winnepeg, 
Chilyunk  Depot,  Washington  Territory,  Louisiana  and  England;  TJ. 
abdominalis  Harr.,  from  Mass,  and  New  York;  TJ.  Cressoni  Norton, 
from  Penn.,  New  Jersey  and  New  York;  TJ.  tricolor  Provancher,  from 
“Three  Rivers,  Canada”  (Provancher);  TJ.  flavicornis  (Fabr.),  from 
Labrador,  Canada,  Conn.,  New  York,  Colorado,  McKenzie  River, 
Great  Lake,  Washington  Territory,  Youkon  River,  Arctic  America 
and  England;  and  TJ.  caudatus  Cress.,  from  Canada,  Colorado,  H.  B.  T., 
and  Youkon  River,  Arctic  America;  Tremex  Columba  (Fabr.),  from 
Canada,  Northern  and  Middle  States  and  Missouri ;  T.  sericeus  Say, 
Tennessee,  Maryland  and  Missouri;  Teredon  (nov.  gen.)  Cubensis 
(Cress.),  from  Cuba,  and  T.  latitarsis  (Cress.),  from  Cuba. 

Provancher  (Naturaliste  Canadien,  i,  17)  describes  as  new,  Urocerus 
tricolor ,  from  Canada,  and  gives  a  list  of  those  Uroceri  inhabiting 
Canada. 


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LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 


LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  8)  gives  a  list  of 
twenty-nine  butterflies  found  in  Canada,  in  July. 

B.  Billings  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  45-47)  presents  a  list  of 
butterflies,  observed  during  the  season  of  1868,  in  Ot¬ 
tawa,  Canada. 

W.  Couper  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  67-68)  records  the  results 
of  a  collection  of  butterflies  made  in  southern  Labrador. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Butt.  N.  Amer.,  pts.  3-4)  contin¬ 
ues  his  accurate  illustrations  of  rare  and  interesting 
American  butterflies,  and  commences  his  promised  synop¬ 
sis  of  the  N.  American  species.  The  species  of  which  he 
treats  are  Limenilis  Proserpina ,  L.  Weidemeyeri ,  Argyn- 
nis  monticola ,  A.  Haley  one ,  A.  Leto ,  Eyccena  viola - 
cea,  L.  Lygdamus ,  Theda  Iceta ,  T.  Acadica ,  T.  Ontario , 
T.  strigosa ,  Colias  Eury theme  and  (7.  Keewaydin. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide  Ins.,  257-271)  completes 
his  general  account  of  butterflies,  with  frequent  descrip¬ 
tions  of  their  earlier  stages,  from  notes  furnished  by  W. 
Saunders.  He  refers  especially  to  Meliteea  CEnone ,  M. 
Harrisii ,  Vanessa  Antiopa ,  V.  Milberti ,  TL  Calif ornica , 
Grapta  interrogation is,  G.  c-argenteum  (fig.),  6r.  comma , 
6r.  Faunus ,  Limenitis  Misippus  (fig.),  L.  Ephestion,  L. 
Arthemis ,  Morpho  Epistropliis ,  different  species  of  (7/g- 
onobas  (figs.),  Neonymplia  Eurytris ,  Chrysophanus 
Americanus ,  (7.  Thoe ,  Lycoena  neglecta ,  X.  Corny ntas , 
Theda  Niphon ,  T.  Acadica ,  T.  Mopsus ,  T.  strigosa  and 
another  species  (fig.),  Hesperia  HobomoJc,  H.  Wamsutta 
(fig.)  and  H.  Mystic. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  53-57,  65-67,  73-77, 
93-101)  in  a  series  of  "Entomological  Notes,”  describes 


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a  large  number  of  larvae  of  butterflies,  which  he  has 
reared  from  eggs  obtained  from  imprisoned  females  or 
captured  on  the  food  plants  ;  the  species  described  are 
Danais  Archippus ,  Limenitis  Eisippus,  L.  Arthemis , 
Argynnis  Myrina ,  A.  Bellona ,  Vanessa  Antiopa,  V.  Mil- 
berti ,  V.  interrogations,  Pyrameis  Cardui ,  Polyommatus 
Thoe ,  P.  Epixantlie ,  Lycdena  neglecta ,  Theda  Acadica , 
T.  Niplion  ?  T.  Mopsus ,  T.  calanus  t  T.  strigosa ,  T.  ino- 
rata ,  Papilio  Turnus ,  _P.  Troilus ,  Colias  Philodice , 
Tlmnaos f  sp.,  Hesperia  Mystic ,  H.  Hobomok  and  II. 
Wamsutta . 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  404- 
408  ;  Ent.  Notes,  ii,  42-46)  reports  upon  the  butterflies 
collected  in  Alaska  by  Mr.  Dali.  Twelve  species  are 
mentioned,  two  of  which,  Melitcea  Helvia  and  Papilio 
Aliaska ,  are  considered  new  ;  and  one,  Parnassius  Evers- 
mannii ,  is  recorded  for  the  first  time  from  America. 
The  writer  concludes  that  the  fauna  is  not  a  distinctive 
one,  but  unites  characters  of  the  faunae  of  the  whole  of 
boreal  America  and  the  neighboring  portions  of  Asia ; 
the  foundation,  however,  is  formed  of  types  characteristic 
of  the  great  interior  of  the  continent  north  of  the  United 
States. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Amer.  Nat.,  iii,  148-149,  212-213; 
Can.  Ent.,  i,  82,  101-102,  ii,  20-21)  announces  his  pur¬ 
pose  of  publishing  an  extensive  illustrated  work  upon 
the  butterflies  of  New  England,  and  asks  for  assistance 
from  those  interested  in  the  subject,  in  procuring  material 
and  lists  of  species  to  make  the  book  as  complete  as  pos¬ 
sible.  Dr.  Packard  will  furnish  descriptions  of  the  para¬ 
sites  of  butterflies. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Amer.  Nat.,  iii,  330-331)  gives  a  list 
of  known  and  probable  food  plants  of  different  New  Eng¬ 
land  butterflies. 


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NYMPHALIDJE. 

B.  Billings  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  45-47)  records  Erebia  Nephele,  Hipparchia 
Boisduvalii ,  Neonympha  Eurytris,  Danais  Archippus,  Limenitis  Disip- 
pus ,  L.  Ai'themis,  Argynnis  Gybele,  A.  Atlantis ,  A.  Myrina ,  Melitcea 
Pharos,  M.  Phaeton ,  Pyrameis  Atalanta ,  P.  cardui ,  P.  Huntera,  Vanessa 
J-album,  V.  Milberti ,  V.  Antiopa,  Grapta  Progne,  G.  comma  and  G. 
Faunus  from  Ottawa,  Canada.  The  only  species  he  mentions  rearing 
are  Limenitis  Disippus,  which  remained  in  chrysalis  five  days,  and 
large  numbers  of  Vanessa  Milberti ,*  which  emerged  in  four  days. 

B.  Billings  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  60-G1,  80),  in  reply  to  the  enquiries  of 
Mr.  Edwards,  discusses  the  food  plant  and  seasons  of  Melitcea 
Phaeton. 

W.  Couper  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  67-68)  records  Argynnis  Chariclea ,  A. 
Boisduvalii  and  A.  Aphrodite ?  from  southern  Labrador. 

W.  H.  Dall  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiii,  171)  states  that 
during  the  winter,  in  Alaska,  the  caterpillar  of  Vanessa  Antiopa  was 
twice  noticed  alive,  and  the  perfect  insect  observed,  May  20. f 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  189-193) 
in  a  very  interesting  and  instructive  article  on  imitative  butterflies, 
give  an  account  of  the  observations  of  Mr.  H.  W.  Bates  upon  the 
Danaidce  and  Pieridce  of  the  Amazons  Valley,  call  attention  to  the  close 
resemblance,  in  coloration  and  general  aspect,  between  Danais  Archip¬ 
pus  and  Limenitis  Disippus ,  and  endeavor  from  this  mimicry,  and  from 
the  immunity  which  the  former  enjoys  from  the  attacks  of  predaceous 
animals,  to  account  for  the  abundance  of  this  species  of  Limenitis 
when  compared  with  its  congeners.  The  mode  in  which  L.  Disippus 
passes  the  winter,  as  a  young  larva  in  a  leafy  hybernaculum,  is  de¬ 
scribed,  and  a  detailed  notice  of  the  larva  added.  Wood-cuts  are 
given  of  this  species  in  all  its  stages  and  also  of  the  imago  of  Danais. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Butt.  N.  Amer.,  pts.  3,  4)  describes  and  figures 
Limenitis  Proserpina  Edw.,  from  New  York  and  Penn. ;  L.Weidemeyeri 
Edw.,  from  Pike’s  Peak;  Argynnis  monticola  Belir,  from  the  moun¬ 
tains  of  California;  A.  Haley  one  n.  sp.,  from  Colorado, 'and  A.  Leto 
Behr,  from  California. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  59-60,  80,  102)  discusses  the  food 
plant  ( Chelone  glabra )  and  the  time  of  appearance  of  the  larva  of 
Melitoea  Phaeton. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  312)  records  Timetes 
Eleucha  Hiibn.,  a  Cuban  species,  from  Florida. 

A.  S.  Packard,  jr.  (Guide  Ins.,  257-264)  describes  briefly  the  fol¬ 
lowing  species :  Melitcea  (Enone,  M.  Ilarrisii ,  with  a  wood-cut  of  a 

*What  was  the  temperature  of  his  breeding  cage? — S.  H.  S. 
f  There  is  evidently  an  error  of  observation  in  the  first  instance.  —  S.  H.  S. 


LEPIDOPTEKA  EHOPALOCERA. 


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caterpillar,  wrongly  referred  to  this  insect,  Vanessa  Antiopa ,  V.  Mil- 
berti,  with  a  description  of  the  larva  by  W.  Saunders ;  G.  c-argenteum, 
of  which  a  wood-cut  is  given,  G.  comma ,  with  a  short  description  of 
the  larva  by  W.  H.  Edwards ;  G.  Faunus ,  Limenitis  Misippus,  with  a 
figure  of  the  imago,  L.  Ephestion,  L.  Arthemis ,  Morpho  Epistrophis , 
Satyrus  Alope  and  Neonympha  Eurytris.  An  illustration  of  Chionobas 
Semidea  is  also  added  and  wood-cuts  exhibiting  the  limits  and  direc¬ 
tion  of  the  middle  band  on  the  under  surface  of  the  secondaries  in 
C.  Semidea ,  C.  Jutta,  C.  Chryxus ,  C.  Calais ,  C.  Bore  and  C.  CEno. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  55-57,  74-77,  93-95,  105-106)  describes 
the  eggs,  larva?  and  chrysalids  of  the  following  species  of  this  family : 
Danais  Archippus,  larva  and  chrysalis,  from  Asclepias,  Limenitis  Disip- 
pus,  larva,  from  willow ;  L.  Arthemis,  chrysalis,  and  mention  of  larva 
from  thorn ;  Argynnis  Myrina,  egg,  larva  and  chrysalis ;  A.  Bellona, 
egg;  Vanessa  Antiopa,  larva,  from  willow;  V.  Milberti,  larva,  from 
nettle  ;  V.  interrogation is,  larva,  from  hop  and  elm ;  Pyrameis  cardui, 
larva,  from  thistle,  and  P.  Huntera,  larva,  from  Gnaphalium. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  404-406;  Ent. 
Notes,  ii,  42-44)  records  Vanessa  Antiopa,  Erebia  discoidalis  Kirby ; 
E.  Mancinus  Doubl. ;  Grapta  Faunus  Edw.*  ;  Melitcea  Helvia  n.  sp.,  al¬ 
lied  to  M.  Anicia  Doubl.,  and  another  species  of  Melitcea,  perhaps  M. 
Palla  Boisd.,  all  from  Alaska. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Amer.  Nat.,  iii,  280)  gives  a  short  notice  concerning 
the  distribution  of  Cynthia  Lavinia  Harr. 

C.  P.  Whitney  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  85)  describes  the  fe¬ 
male  of  Limenitis  Proserpina  Edw.,  taken  in  New  Hampshire. 

LYC^ENID^E. 

B.  Billings  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  46-47)  records  Chrysophanus  Americanus, 
Lyceena  neglecta,  L.  Lucia,  Tliecla  Acadica  and  T.  falacer  from  Ottawa, 

Canada. 

W.  Couper  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  67-68)  records  Lyccena  Lygdamus,  L. 
Scudderii  and  L.  Lucia,  from  southern  Labrador. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  307-308)  describes  Feni- 
seca  n.  gen.,  based  on  Polyommatus  cratcegi  Boisd.  and  Lee.,  with  two 
species,  F.  Tarquinius  (P.  cratcegi  B.  and  L.)  and  F.  Porsenna  (P. 
Porsenna  Scudd.),  if  the  latter  has  claims  to  be  distinct. 

A.  R.  Grote  and  C.  T.  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  310- 
311)  propose  the  name  Calephelis  for  that  group  of  species,  placed  in 
the  genus  Charis  by  Westwood  and  Hewitson,  which  do  not  possess 
hirsute  eyes;  two  American  species  are  referred  to  it,  C.  ccenius 
(. Nymphidium  pumilum  Boisd.  and  Lee.)  and  C.  borealis  (W.  borealis 
Grote  and  Rob.)  ;  the  synonymy  of  both  species  is  given. 

*  Wrongly  inferred,  in  the  place  cited,  to  G.  gracilis  Grote  and  Rob. 


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LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 


W.  H.  Edwards  (Butt.  N.  Amer.,  pts.  3,  4)  describes  and  figures 
Lyccena  violcicea  Edw.,  from  W.  Va.,  Penn,  and  Canada;  L.  Lygclamus 
Doubl.,  from  Michigan  to  Georgia;  Tliecla  Iceta  Edw.,  from  Canada, 
New  England  and  New  York,  with  a  description  of  the  earlier  stages, 
by  W.  Saunders;  T.  Ontario  Edw.,  from  Ontario,  Canada,  and  T.  stri- 
gosa  Harr.,  from  W.  Va.,  Canada  and  New  England,  with  a  description 
of  the  earlier  stages,  by  W.  Saunders. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide  Ins.,  264-269)  gives  short  descriptions  of 
the  imago,  and  quotes  longer  ones  of  the  larva  and  chrysalis,  gen¬ 
erally  from  W.  Saunders,  of  Chrysophanus  Americanus,  C.  Thoe, 
Lyccena  neglecta ,  L.  Comyntas,  Tliecla  Niphon,  T.  Acadica,  T.  Mopsus 
and  T.  strigosa  ;  figures  the  chrysalis  of  an  unknown  species  of  Tliecla 
found  at  the  White  Mountains,  and  gives  a  short  description  of  the 
larva  of  the  same,  by  F.  G.  Sanborn. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Nat.,  i,  57,  95-100)  describes  the  early  stages 
of  the  following  species:  Polyommatus  Thoe ,  egg;  P.  Epixantlie ,  egg; 
Lyccena  neglecta,  larva,  from  dogwood ;  Thecla  inorata,  egg ;  T.  Aca¬ 
dica ,  larva  and  chrysalis,  from  willow;  T.  Niphon?,  larva,  from  pine; 
T.  Mopsus,  larva  and  chrysalis,  from  wild  cherry ;  T.  calanus  ?,  larva 
and  chrysalis,  from  oak,  and  T.  strigosa,  larva  and  chrysalis  from 
thorn. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  406;  Ent.  Notes, 
ii,  44)  records  Lyccena  Lucia  Westw.,  from  Alaska. 

PAPILIONIDJE. 

H.  Behr  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  303-304)  describes  a  new  genus 
of  Californian  Piendce,  Neophasia,  allied  to  Pieris  and  Pontia,  with 
two  species,  N.  Menapia  (Feld.)  and  N.  Terlooii  n.  sp.  The  food 
plant  of  the  former  is  presumed  to  be  one  of  the  coniferse ;  he  also 
describes  two  new  Californian  species  of  Anthocaris,  A.  Edwardsii, 
larger  than  other  Californian  species,  and  A.  Cooperi,  smaller  than  A. 
Sara  Boisd. 

B.  Billings  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  45)  records  Papilio  Turnus ,  P.  Asterias, 
Pieris  oleracea  and  Colias  Philodice,  from  Ottawa. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  8)  refers  to  the  extraordinary 
abundance  of  Colias  Philodice  in  July,  1869. 

W.  Couper  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  67)  records  Papilio  Asterias,  Pieris  frigida 
and  Colias  interior,  from  southern  Labrador. 

Editors  oe  the  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  60)  give 
illustrations  of  the  different  stages  of  Pieris  Protoclice. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Butt.  N.  Amer.,  pts.  3-4)  has  commenced  his  sy¬ 
nopsis  of  North  American  butterflies,  printing  six  pages,  in  which  he 
treats  of  the  species  of  Papilio  (20)  Parnassius  (3)  Leptalis  (1)  Neo¬ 
phasia  (2),  which,  by  a  curious  accident,  has  been  twice  introduced, 


LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 


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once  before  and  once  after  Pieris —  Pieris  (14)  Nathalis  (1)  Anthocaris 
(1)  and  Callidryas  (4)  —  only  the  American  species  north  of  Mexico 
and  the  Antilles  are  included  in  the  list. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Butt.  N.  Amer.,  pt.  4)  describes  and  figures 
Colias  Eurytheme  Boisd.,  from  the  western  part  of  the  continent,  with 
descriptions  of  the  earlier  stages,  drawn  from  notes,  by  L.  Iv.  Hay- 
liurst,  of  Missouri,  and  C.  Iieewaydin  n.  sp.,  from  the  valley  of  the 
Mississippi  to  the  Pacific ;  it  is  also  occasionally  found  in  the  Middle 
States  and  Canada;  notes  on  the  variation  of  this  species  and  its 
separation  from  G:  Eurytheme  are  given  by  Henry  Edwards. 

T.  L.  Mead  (Amer.  Nat.,  iii,  332)  describes  a  second  specimen  of 
Papilio  Calverleyi  Grote  —  supposed  to  be  a  variety  of  P.  Asterias  — 
captured  in  Florida. 

L’Amsk  Provancher  (Nat.  Can.,  ii,  13-18)  gives  a  popular  account 
of  Pieris  rapes,  with  rough  wood-cuts  of  the  larva,  chrysalis  and 
imago.  The  article  treats  particularly  of  the  amount  of  damage 
which  this  insect  inflicts  and  of  the  best  means  of  arresting  its  pro¬ 
gress  ;  the  author  states  that  previous  to  its  appearance  in  Quebec, 
several  specimens  of  P.  oleracea  were  taken  by  him  every  year,  but 
that  since  that  time  not  a  single  specimen  had  been  seen.  One  chrys¬ 
alis  of  P.  rapes  disclosed  a  dipterous  parasite. 

A.  S.  Ritchie  (Can.  Nat.,  n.  s.,  iv,  293-300)  gives  an  account  of  the 
introduction  and  rapid  spread  of  Pieris  rapes ,  quotes  from  many 
sources  notices  of  its  destructive  habits,  and  gives  full  directions  how 
to  attempt  to  check  its  ravages.  He  mentions  also  a  liymenopterous 
parasite  of  this  butterfly,  observed  in  Canada. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  53-55,  73-74)  describes  the  early  stages 
of  three  species  in  this  family,  as  follows  :  Papilio  Turnus,  egg  and 
larva,  from  cherry ;  P.  Troilus,  larva  from  spice  bush,  and  Colias 
Philodice,  eggs,  larva  and  chrysalis,  from  clover. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  40G-407 ;  Ent. 
Notes,  ii,  44-45)  mentions  the  following  species  from  Alaska:  Pieris 
venosa  Scudd.,  darker  than  Californian  specimens  ;  Anthocaris  lanceo- 
lata  Boisd.,  Colias  interior  Scudd.,  Papilio  Turnus  and  P.  Aliaska 
n.  sp.,  allied  to  P.  Zolicaon  and  Parnassius  Eversmannii  Menetr. ;  the 
latter  has  been  known  hitherto  only  from  Central  Siberia,  and  the 
Alaskan  specimen  does  not  altogether  agree  with  Menetries’  repre¬ 
sentation. 

HESPERIDJE. 

B.  Billings  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  46-47)  records  Nisoniades  Brizo ,  N.  Ca¬ 
tullus,  Eudamus  Bathyllus,  Hesperia  Metacomet,  H.  Hohomok,  H. 
Ahaton,  H.  Wamsutta,  H.  Mystic,  H.  Leonardus  and  H.  Pocahontas,  from 
Ottawa,  Canada. 


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W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  311-312)  describes  the 
following  new  species:  Hesperia  Wakulla,  from  Florida;  II.  Eufala, 
from  the  same,  and  II.  Melane,  from  California. 

C.  S.  Minot  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  319)  describes  the 
male  of  Hesperia  Metea  Scudd. 

C.  S.  Minot  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiii,  320)  considers  Hes¬ 
peria  Pocahontas  Scudd.  and  II.  Quadaquina  Scudd.,  to  be  the  same. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide  Ins.,  269-271)  publishes  descriptions  by 
W.  Saunders  of  the  larvae  of  Hesperia  Hohomok,  H.  Wamsutta  and 
II.  Mystic;  a  wood-cut  of  the  imago  of  II.  Wamsutta  is  added. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  65-67,  100-101)  describes  the  earty 
stages  of  the  following  Hesperians  :  Thanaos?  sp.,  larva,  from  hazel; 
II.  Mystic,  egg  and  larva,  from  grass ;  II.  Hohomok,  egg  and  larva, 
and  II.  Wamsutta,  egg  and  larva  from  the  same. 


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LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 

Entomological  Correspondence  of  T.  W.  Harris,  M.D. 
Edited  by  S.  H.  Scudder,  8vo. 

C.  T.  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  261). 
Notes  on  American  Tortricidje. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  308).  On 
a  new  genus  of  Noctuidae  allied  to  Dyops,  with  remarks 
on  certain  species  of  Agrotis. 

C.  S.  Minot  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  169). 
American  Lepidoptera,  I,  II. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Canadian  Entomologist,  ii,  40).  A  mu¬ 
sical  Larva. 

P.  S.  Sprague  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  41).  Double  Broods. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  43,  85).  Notes  on 
Canadian  Lepidoptera. 

T.  L.  Mead  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  47).  Musical  Larvae. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  47).  Depraved  taste 
of  a  Sphinx. 

F.  G.  Sanborn  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  48).  Musical  Larvae. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  1).  Larva  infesting 

the  parsnip. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  4).  On  a  supposed  new 
Arctian. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  6).  Notes  on  Alaria 
jiorida  Guen. 

C.  S.  Minot  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  27).  Brief  notes  on  the 
transformations  of  several  species  of  Lepidoptera. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  30).  Description  of  larva 
of  Catoccda  polygama  Guen. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  33).  Notes  on  Hadenct 
xylinoides . 


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LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  143, 
209).  Cotton  Insects. 

W.  V.  Andrews  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  39).  Experiments 
with  the  Japanese  Silk  Worm,  Anthercea  yamct-mai. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide  to  the  Study  of  Insects), 
gives  a  general  account  of  the  Lepidoptera,  with  figures 
of  the  scales  and  their  mode  of  insertion  on  the  wing  of 
Platysamia  Cecropia ,  and  figures  the  head  (denuded)  of 
Ctenucha  Virginica ,  and  the  rudimentary  maxilla  of  Ac- 
tias  Luna ,  with  the  rudimentary  maxillary  palpus,  and 
the  labial  palpus  of  the  same  insect ;  and  the  labial  palpus 
of  Platysamia  Cecropia. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Annual  Report  of  the  Peabody 
Academy  of  Science).  List  of  Hymenopterous  and 
Lepidopterous  Insects  collected  by  the  Smithsonian  Ex¬ 
pedition  to  South  America,  under  Prof.  James  Orton. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Trans,  of  the  Nova  Scotian  Insti¬ 
tute  of  Natural  Sciences,  vol.  2,  part  iii,  1868-9,  p.  78, 
published  1870).  Nova  Scotian  Lepidoptera,  with  ad¬ 
ditional  notes  by  J.  Matthew  Jones. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Proceedings  Portland  Society  of 
Natural  History,  i,  153-156).  The  characters  of  the 
Lepidopterous  family  Noctuidse.  This  paper  enumerates 
the  characters  of  the  family,  and  of  two  subfamilies  JVoc- 
tuinoe  and  Calocalince ,  into  which  the  author  subdivides 
the  group. 

C.  Y.  Riley.  First  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious, 
Beneficial  and  other  Insects,  of  the  State  of  Missouri, 
with  two  plates,  8vo,  pp.  181,  7. 

SPHINGIDiE. 

Harris  (Harris  Corr.,  241)  describes,  with  notes  on  the  habits,  the 
larvae  of  Smerinthus  juglandis  Smith ;  Ceratomict  i-cornis  Harr. ;  Sphinx 
cinerea  Harr.  (pi.  ii,  tig.  6)  ;  S.  convolvuli  Smith ;  S.  Carolina  Linn. ; 
Philampelus  Achemon  Drury;  Choerocampa  pampinatrix ;  C.  Chcerilus 
(Cram.)  ;  Thyreus  Abbotii  Swains,  (pi.  iii,  tig.  1). 


LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


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Reed  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  40)  describes  a  larva,  supposed  by  the  Editor  to 
be  that  of  Smerinthus  exccecatus,  which  emitted  a  singing  noise  when 
handled  or  disturbed. 

Sprague  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  41)  reports  that  an  individual  of  Macrosila 
celeus  G.  and  R.,  came  out  of  the  pupa  in  August,  and  a  M.  Carolina 
Clem.,  in  September. 

Mead  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  47)  also  reports  Smerinthus  larvae  as  making  a 
noise  “by  contracting  the  anterior  segments,  thus  rubbing  the  granu¬ 
lations  against  each  other.”  Another  Sphinx  larva  made  a  noise  on 
being  disturbed  by  “quickly  opening  and  shutting  the  mandibles. 

Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  47)  notes  the  fact  of  Ampliion  nessus  (Cram.) 
feeding  on  the  stinking  carcass  of  a  dog. 

Sanborn  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  48)  describes  the  sounds  emitted  by  Cres- 
sonia  juglandis  (Smith),  Smerinthus  exccecatus  Smith,  and  S.  gemin- 
atus  Say. 

Bethune  (Trans.  Nova  Scotian  Inst.,  i,  80)  records  from  Halifax, 
N.  S.,  Ctenucha  Virginica  (Charp.)  and  Lycomorpha  Pliolus  (Drury). 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  136)  gives  an  account  of  the  habits 
of  Alypia  octomaculata  Eabr.  (PL  1,  figs.  18  and  19). 

Packard  (Guide,  p.  276)  figures  Tkyreus  Abbotii  Swainson,  and 
larva. 

Packard  (Rpt.  Peab.  Acad.,  62)  reports  Clicerocampa  Tersa  (Drury) 
from  Nanegal;  and  Erinnys  Alope  (Drury),  Upper  Amazon. 

Bethune  (Trans.  Nova  Scotian  Inst.,  ii,  78)  records  from  Halifax, 
N.  S.,  Sesia  difinis  Boisd,  Hannorrhagia  Tliysbe  (Fabr.),  Darapsa 
Choerilus  (Cram.),  Deilepliila  chamcenerii  Harr.,  D.  lineata  Fabr., 
Smerinthus  geminatus  Say,  S.  exccecatus  Smith,  Sphinx  kalmice  Smith 
and  S.  Gordius  Cram. 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.,  Missouri,  95)  describes  and  figures  the  dif¬ 
ferent  stages  of  Sphinx  5-maculata  Harr. 

Minot  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  28)  describes  the  eggs  of  Ceratomia  Amyntor 

Hlibn. 

Editors  of  the  Amer.  Ent.  (ii,  23)  give  the  habits  and  figure  the 
different  stages  of  Otus  Myron  Htibn. ;  p.  54,  of  Pliilampelus  Achemon 
(Drury)  ;  p.  89,  of  Philampelus  Satellitia  (Linn.) 

JEGERIADJE. 

Harris  (Harris  Corr.,  284)  describes  the  larva  of  JEgeria  cucurbitcB 

Harr. 

Packard  (Guide,  279)  figures  the  larva  and  pupa  of  jEgeria  tipuli- 
forrnis  (Linn.),  and  the  larva  of  Melittia  cucurbitce  (Harris). 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  47)  gives  an  account  of  the  habits, 
with  a  figure,  of  the  imago  of  PEgeria  exitiosa  Say. 


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LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


ZYG-fflNIDiE. 

Harris  (Harris  Corr.,  285)  describes  the  larva  of  Alypia  octomaculata 
Fabr.  and  Eudryas  grata  Fabr.,  with  remarks  on  its  place  in  nature. 

Packard  (Guide,  281)  figures  Psycliomorpha  epimenis  (Drury). 

Packard  (Rpt.  Peab.,  Acad.,  62)  describes  as  new  Glaucopis  tricolor , 
taken  on  the  route  along  the  Napo  and  Marahon  Rivers. 

BOMBYCID2E. 

Minot  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  410)  notices  a  spherical 
form  of  the  cocoon  of  Saynia  Cecropia ,  and  an  unusual  mode  of  sus¬ 
pension  of  the  cocoon  of  Callosamia  Promethea. 

Sprague  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  41)  reports  raising  from  the  larva  Hemileuca 
Maia  Walk.,  part  of  the  brood  coming  out  in  October,  and  one  de¬ 
formed  specimen  in  the  following  May,  and  states  that  according  to 
Miss  C.  Guild,  “of  the  same  brood  of  larvae  all  going  into  the  chrys¬ 
alis  nearly  at  the  same  time,  part  came  out  in  October  and  others 
not  until  the  following  October,  some  lying  in  the  chrysalis  one  year 
longer  than  others.” 

Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  43)  records  Platarctia parthenos  (Harr.)  from 
Nova  Scotia.  He  also  records  as  occurring  in  Canada,  Hypliantria 
textor  Harr.,  Orgyia  nova  Fitch,  Ichthyura  inversa  Pack.,  Datana  con- 
tracta  Walk.,  D.  Angusii  G.  and  R.,  Ccelodasys  biguttata  Pack.,  Hetero- 
campa  Manteo  (Doubld.),  Janassa  lignicolor  Walk,  (a  species  of 
Parorgyia,  according  to  Grote  and  Rob.),  Platysamia  Columbia  (Smith) 
(“reported  to  have  been  taken  in  the  neighborhood  of  Quebec,”)  and 
from  Nova  Scotia  Dryopteris  rosea  Grote,  and  D.  irrorata  Pack.  On  p. 
88  he  adds  Drymonia?  confusa  Walk,  and  Dasychira  clandestina  Walk. 

Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  4)  describes  as  new  and  notes  very  fully 
the  habits  of  Arctia  bimaculatci  n.  sp.,  with  a  description  of  the  larva. 
On  p.  19,  vol.  ii,  he  notes  certain  habits  of  the  larva  of  Hyperchiria 
varia  Walk. 

Minot  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  27)  describes  the  eggs  of  Actias  luna. 

Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  37)  records  as  occurring  at  Credit,  Can. 

Cossus  plagiatus  Walk. 

Editors  of  the  Amer.  Ent.  (i,  121)  figure  and  notice  the  habits  of 
Telea  Polyphemus  (Linn.)  On  p.  208  they  figure  the  eggs,  cocoon  and 
larva  of  Clisiocampa  Americana  Harr,  and  C.  sylvatica  Harr.  In  vol. 
ii,  p.  25,  they  figure  the  larva  of  Phobetrum  pithecium  (Smith) ;  on  p. 
27,  the  different  stages  of  Edema  concinna  (Smith)  ;  p.  35,  they  give 
an  account  of  and  figure  the  different  stages  of  Tliyridopteryx  epheme- 
rceformis  Stephens,  and  p.  59  they  figure  the  larva  of  Empretia  stimulea 
Clemens. 

S.  S.  Ratiivon  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  81)  notices  some  facts  in  the  biology 
of  Tliyridopteryx  ephemeraeformis  Stephens. 


LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


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Packard  (Guide,  284)  describes  and  figures  Lithosia  casta  Sanborn, 
MS.,  from  New  Hampshire  and  New  York ;  p.  288  he  figures  the  larva 
of  Lagoa  crispata  Pack.;  p.  289  (PI.  8,  fig.  1,  la)  he  describes  the 
transformations  of  Empretia  stimulea  Clem.;  p.  291,  and  figures  and 
describes  as  new,  Platceceticus  Gloverii,  from  Florida. 

Saunders  (Packard’s  Guide,  287)  describes  the  larva  of  Halesidota 
maculata  Harris. 

Packard  (Ept.  Peab.  Acad.,  G3)  describes  as  new,  Antarctia  bicolor, 
taken  on  the  route  along  the  Napo  and  Maranon  Rivers,  and  Halesi¬ 
dota  pustulata  n.  sp.,  from  the  Upper  Amazon. 

Bethune  (Trans.  Nova  Scotian  Inst.,  ii,  80)  records  from  Halifax, 
N.  S.,  Crocota  rubicundaria  Hiibn.,  Platarctia  parthenos  (Harr.),  Pyrr- 
harctia  Isabella  (Smith),  Orgyia  leucostigma  Smith,  Ichthyura  albo- 
sigma  (Fitch),  I.  inversa  Pack.,  Datana  ministra  (Drury),  Nciclata 
gibbosa  (Smith),  Lophodonta ferruginea  Pack.,  Edema  albifrons  (Smith), 
Dryopteris  rosea  Walk.,  D.  irrorata  Pack.,  Anisota  stigma  Hiibn.,  and 
A.  rubicunda  Fabr. 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  144)  figures  (cuts  81,  82,  83)  and 
describes  the  transformations  and  habits  of  Orgyia  leucostigma  Smith, 
and  on  p.  147,  fig.  8,  Thyridopteryx  ephemereeformis  Harr. 

Melsheimer  (Harris  Corr.,  112)  describes  the  larva  of  Thyridop¬ 
teryx  ephemereeformis ;  p.  113,  117,  242,  246,  299,  the  habits  of  Perophora 
Melsheimerii  Harr. 

Harris  (Harris  Corr.,  114)  describes  the  larva  of  Notodonta  sexgut- 
tcita  Harr.  MS.  ( Gramatophora  trisignata  Doubld.),  with  a  figure;  pp. 
175,  247,  301,  the  larva  (with  figures  of  moth  and  larva)  of  Lima- 
cocles  ephippiatus  Harr.  MS.  ( Empretia  stimulea  Clem.);  p.  176,  300, 
notices  and  figures  the  larva  of  Limacodes  scapha  Harr.,  L.  pithecium 
(Smith),  also  p.  244,  L.  cippus  (Smith),  with  a  figure ;  p.  245,  Gluphisia 
ulmi  Harr.  MS. ;  p.  286,  the  larva  of  Arctia  arge  Drury;  A.  Americana 
Harr?  or  scribonia  Stoll?;  A.  Virginica  Fabr. ;  Euchcetes  Egle  (Drury, 
pi.  ii,  fig.  5)  ;  Lophocampa  caryce  Harr. ;  L.  maculata  Harr.  (pi.  iii,  fig. 
9);  L.  tessellaris  Smith;  Orgyia  leucostigma  Smith ;  Orgyia  sp.-,  Clisi- 
ocampa  sylvatica  Harr. ;  Gastropacha  Americana  Harr. ;  G.  Velleda 
Stoll;  Attacus  Luna  Linn.  (pi.  iv,  fig.  14)  ;  A.  Polyphemus  Linn.  (pi.  iv, 
fig.  17)  ;  A.  Cecropia  Linn. ;  Saturnia  Io  Fabr. ;  Ceratocampa  regalis 
Fabr. ;  Dryocampa  senatoria  Smith  (pi.  ii,  fig.  9 ;  iv,  fig.  12)  ;  D.  stigma 
Fabr. ;  D.  pellucida  Smith ;  Seirodonta  bilineata  Gr.  and  Rob.  (pi.  i, 
fig.  5)  ;  Gluphisia?  ulmi  Harr.  MSS.  (pi.  ii,  figs.  2,  3)  ;  Notodonta  uni¬ 
cornis  Smith  (pi.  ii,  fig.  18)  ;  N.  concinna  Smith  (pi.  i,  fig.  3) ;  N  an- 
guina  Smith  (pi.  i,  fig.  12);  N.  albifrons  Smith;  Notodonta  sp.  (pi.  i, 
fig.  6);  Heterocampa?  sp. ;  Astasia  torrefacta  Smith;  Pygcera  gibbosa 
Smith  ? ;  P.  ministra  Drury  (pi.  ii,  fig.  4)  ;  Clostera  Americana  Harris 
(pi.  iii,  fig.  3). 


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ISTOCTUIDJE. 

Grote  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  308)  gives  the  characters  of 
Litoprosopus  gen.  nov.,  to  which  he  refers  L.  Hatney  (Poey),  L.  confli- 
gens  (Walk.)  and  L.  futilis  (Gr.  and  Rob.).  He  also  refers  to  the 
genus  Agrotis  four  species  described  “under  the  genus  Noctua  as 
amended  by  Guenee,”  i.  e.,  Agrotis  brunneicollis  Grote,  A.  cupida  Gr., 
A.  olternata  Gr.,  and  A.  vittifrons  Gr.  He  also  states  that  he  has 
“elsewhere  erroneously  referred  the  Noctua  lubricans  of  Guenee  as 
identical  with  our  common  Agrotis  clandestine/,  (Harris).” 

Betiiune  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  47)  records  as  living  in  Canada  Xantliia 
ferrugineoides  Guen.,  Anomis  grandipuncta  Guen.  and  Xijlina  Bethunei 
Gr.  and  Rob.  On  p.  85  he  adds  Acronycta  occidentals  G.  and  R.,  A. 
funeralis  G.  and  R.,  A.  morula  G.  and  R.,  A.  superans  Guen.,  Hydrcecia 
sera  G.  andR.,  Caraclrina  multifera  Walk.,  Agrotis  murcenula  G.  and 
R.,  A.  subgothica  Haworth,  Graphiphora  triangulum  Guen.,  G.  Dahlii 
Hiibn.,  Xantliia  ferruginea  Hiibn.,  Cucullia  convexipennis  G.  and  R., 
Anarta  luteola  G.  and  R.,  A.  Acadiensis  Bethune,  Phesia  mappa  G.  and 
R.,  Narnia  typica  Linn.,  Synecla  Hudsonica  G.  and  R.,  Parthenos  nubila 
Hiibn.,  Erebus  odora  Linn.,  Bemigia  latipes  Guen. 

Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  6)  describes  the  larva  and  habits  of  Alaria 
florida  Guen. 

Minot  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  28)  describes  the  eggs  of  Mamestra  arctica 
Boisd. 

Reed  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  30)  describes  the  larva  of  Catocala  polygama 
Guen. 

Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  33)  describes  the  different  moults  of  the 
larva  of  Hadenci  xylinoides. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  206)  figure  the  larva 
of  Gortyna  nitela  Guenee.  On  p.  209  they  give  the  natural  history 
and  figure  the  different  stages  of  Anomis  xylina  Say,  Heliothis  armi- 
gera  Hiibner  (see  also  p.  43,  vol.  ii)  and  Leucania  unipunctata  Haworth. 
In  vol.  ii,  26,  they  figure  Amphipyra  pyramidoides  Guen. ;  p.  62,  they 
describe  the  larva  and  habits,  with  a  figure,  of  Prodenia  cammelinae 
(Smith). 

Packard  (Guide,  305)  describes  and  figures  the  larva  of  “  Acronycta 
aceris  var.  Americana ”  Harr.  Corr.,  and  the  adult  of  Agrotis  tessellata 
Harris;  p.  316,  he  describes  the  larva  and  adult,  with  figures  (pi.  8, 
fig.  3,  3a),  of  Xanthoptera  semicrocea  Guen.,  from  Florida;  and  p.  317, 
he  describes  and  figures  (pi.  8,  figs.  4,  4 a)  the  larva  and  adult  of  Cato¬ 
cala  ultronia  Hiibn. 

Saunders  (Packard’s  Guide,  317)  describes  the  larva  of  Drasteria 
erechtea  Cramer. 


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Packard  (Rpt.  Peab.  Acad.,  63)  describes  as  new,  Agrotis  Ortonii 
and  Palindia  geminata,  from  the  Upper  Amazon. 

Betiiune  (Trans.  N.  Scotia  Inst.,  ii,  82)  records  from  Halifax,  N.  S., 
Pseuclothyatira  cymatophoroid&s  Guen.,  Grammaphora  trisignata  Walk., 
Diphthera  fallax  H.  Sell..,  Acronyctci  oblinita  Smith,  Leucania  pallens 
Linn.,  Hydrcecia  lorea  Guen.,  II.  nictitans  Walk.,  Nephelodes  minians 
Guen.,  N.rubeolans  Guen.,  Xylophasia  lignicolora  Guen.,  X.  lateritia 
Esp.,  Mamestra  arctica  Encyc.,  M.  adjuncta  Guen.,  Celcena  herbimacula 
Guen.,  Agrotis  juculifera  Guen.,  A.  devastator  Harr.,  Graphiphora  bi- 
carnea  Guen.,  G.  lubricans  Guen.,  Ceramica  exusta  Guen.,  Phlogophora 
iris  Guen.,  P.  anodonta  Guen.  ?,  Envois  herbida  Den.,  Hadena  xylinoides 
Guen.,  Cucullia  asteroides  Guen.,  Ileliothis  exprimens  Walk.,  Anarta 
Acadiensis  n.  sp.  (with  a  figure),  Plusia  ceroides  Grote,  P.  ampla  Walk., 
P.  simplex  Guen.,  P.  festucce  Albin,  P.  thyatyroides  Guen.,  Scoliopteryx 
libatrix  (Linn.),  Catocala  relicta  Walk.,  C.  concumbens  Walk.,  Ophiusa 
bistriaris  Hubn.,  Drasteria  erechthea  (Cram.) 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.,  Missouri,  67)  gives  a  detailed  account  of 
cut- worms,  mentioning  at  length  and  describing  the  transformations 
and  habits  of  Agrotis  inermis  Harris  (pi.  1,  figs.  1-4),  A.  Goehr anii 
Riley  (fig.  26a,  b),  A.  scandens  n.  sp.  (pi.  1,  figs.  5-7),  Noctua  clandes- 
tina  (Harr.)  (pi.  1,  fig.  13,  and  larva,  cut  27),  Agrotis  telifera  Harr.  (pi. 
1.  figs.  8-10,  and  larva,  cut  28),-  A.  subgothica  Haw.  (cuts  29  a,  b ),  A. 
jaculifera  Guen.  (pi.  1,  fig.  11),  Mamestra  devastator  Brace  (larva,  cut 
20),  Hadena  subjuncta  Gr.  and  Rob.  (pi.  1,  figs.  14-17),  Celcena  reni- 
gera  Steph.  (moth  and  larva,  cut  31),  II.  amputatrix  Eitcli,  Prodenia 
cammelince  Guen.  (pi.  1,  fig.  12,  larva).  On  p.  92,  he  describes,  with 
figures  of  the  larva  and  adult,  Gortyna  nitela  Guen. 

Harris  (Harr.  Corr.,  175,  318)  describes  and  rudely  figures  the 
larva  of  Drasteria  erechthea  Cram. ;  p.  311  describes  the  larvae  of  Apa- 
tela  Americana  Harr.,  Acronycta  sagittaria  Harr.  (A.  occidentals  Gr.  and 
Rob.),  A.  ulmi  Harris  MSS.  (pi.  iii,  fig.  10),  A.  Americana  Harr.  MSS., 
(pi.  3,  fig.  2);  A.  pruni  Harr.,  MSS.  (pi.  4,  fig.  13);  A.  salicis  Harr., 
MSS. ;  Gortyna?  sp.,  Agrotis  sp.,  Hadena  arnica ,  Mamestra  persicarice? 
var.  Americana  (pi.  1,  fig.  11),  M.  leucostigma  Harr.  MSS.,  M.  picta 
Harr.,  Noctua  sp.,  Noctua  sp.  (pi.  1,  fig.  9),  Parthenos  nubilis  'Hiibn., 
Catocala  sp.  (pi.  4,  fig.  8). 

PHALAENIDJE. 

Minot  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  83)  describes  as  new  Fi- 
donia  bicoloraria,  from  Mass. ;  F.  Faxonii  (see  also  p.  171),  from  the 
New  England  States ;  Anisopteryx ?  strigataria,  from  Boston ;  Tephrosia 
fumataria,  from  Mass. ;  on  p.  169  Caberodes  marginaria,  from  Mass. ; 
Cleora  pulchraria ,  from  Mass. ;  Anisopteryx  strigularia,  from  the  sides 
and  near  the  summit  of  Mount  Washington,  N.  II. 

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Betiiune  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  88)  records  as  Canadian  Anisopteryx  vernata 
Peck,  and  Larentia  geminata  G.  and  R. 

Minot  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  28)  describes  the  eggs  and  recently  hatched 
larva  of  Tetrads  lorata  Grote. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (ii,  13)  figure  the  dif¬ 
ferent  stages  and  describe  the  habits  of  Abraxas  ribearia  Pitch. 

Packard  (Guide,  319,  pi.  5,  5  a)  figures  and  describes  the  larva  and 
imago  of  Angerona  crocataria  Fabr. ;  p.  320  (pi.  8,  figs.  7,  7  a)  the 
larva  and  moth  of  Nematocampa  filamentaria  Guen. ;  p.  321  (pi.  8,  fig. 
6)  the  larva  of  Ennomos  subsignaria  (Hiibn.),  and  adult  (fig.  248);  p. 
325  (pi.  8,  fig.  10,  10  a)  the  larva  and  imago  of  Cidaria  diversilineata 
Hubn. 

Packard  (Rpt.  Peab.  Acad.,  62)  records  Cydimon  Leilus  (Linn.)  from 
the  upper  Amazon, -and  describes  as  new,  Choerodes  bipmictaria,  Epione 
mustelinaria ,  from  the  upper  Amazon  ( ?)  and  records  Eanthera  par- 
dalaria ,  from  the  upper  Amazon  (  ?) 

Betiiune  (Trans.  N.  Scotian  Inst.,  ii,  87)  reports  from  Halifax,  N.  S., 
Angerona  crocataria  (Fabr.),  Tetrads  crocallata  Guen.,  T.  aspilata 
Guen.,  Amphidasys  cognataria  Guen.  ?,  Zerene  catenaria  (Drury),  Lozo- 
gramma  dejluaria  Walk.,  Scotosia  undulata  Linn.,  and  Cidaria  diversi¬ 
lineata  (Hiibn.). 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  139)  describes  as  new,  Aplodes  ru- 
bivora  (pi.  2,  fig.  25),  with  a  notice  of  its  habits,  and  on  p.  179  de¬ 
scribes  the  transformations  (pi.  2,  figs.  16-21)  of  Hcematopis  grataria 
Fabr. 

Harris  (Harr.  Corr.,  320)  notes  the  habits  of  Ennomos  magnaria 
Guen. ;  and  describes  the  larva  of  Abraxas  ribearia  Fitch,  Zerene  cate¬ 
naria  Drury,  and  Nematocampa  filamentaria  Guen. 

P  YR  ALID  JE . 

Packard  (Guide,  327)  figures  and  describes  the  transformations  of 
ELypena  humuli  Harris ;  p.  329  describes  the  larva  and  habits  of 
Aglossa  cuprealis ,  and  on  p.  331  figures  and  describes  the  habits  of 
Pempelia  grossularice  n.  sp. 

Bethune  (Trans.  N.  Scotian  Inst.,  ii,  87)  reports  Pionea  enusalis 
Walk.,  from  Halifax  and  Canada. 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Inst.  Missouri,  140)  describes  find  gives  an  ac¬ 
count  of  the  transformations  of  Pempelia  grossularice  Pack.  (pi.  2,  fig. 
17,  and  cut  79),  and  on  p.  166  figures  and  describes  the  different  stages 

of  Gallerea  cereana  Fabr. 

Harris  (Harris  Corr.,  322)  describes  the  larva  of  Hypena  liumuli 
Harris,  and  of  Pionea  enusalis  Walk.  (pi.  4,  fig.  18). 

TORTRICIDJE. 

Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  261)  describes  and  figures 
Tortrix  rosaceana  (Harris),  from  Mass.,  New  York,  Penn.,  Florida  and 


LEPIDOPTEEA  HETEROCERA. 


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Texas;  T.  gurgitana  n.  s.,  from  W.  Ya.,  Illinois  and  Penn.;  T.  pur- 
purana  (Clemens),  from  Penn.;  T.  lamprosana  n.  s.,  from  New  York, 
Penn,  and  Mass. ;  T.  limitata  n.  s.,  from  Penn. ;  T.  zapulata  n.  s.,  from 
Illinois;  T.  Sanbornana  n.  s.,  from  Texas,  Florida,  Mass.,  Penn,  and 
New  York;  T.  furvana  n.  s.,  from  New  York  and  Mass. ;  T.  fractivit- 
tanci  (Clem.),  from  Mass,  and  Virginia;  T.  fuscolineanci  (Clem.),  from 
Virginia  and  Mass. ;  T.  vesper  ana  (Clem.),  from  Mass.,  Texas,  New 
York  and  Penn. ;  T.  pallor  ana  n.  s.,  from  Ohio  and  Illinois;  T.  lata 
n.  s.,  from  Illinois  and  Penn. ;  T.  alisellana  n.  s.,  from  Ohio;  T.  par- 
allela  n.  s.,  from  New  York  and  Penn. ;  T.  grisea  n.  s.,  from  Ohio ;  T. 
fumosa  n.  s.,  from  Ohio  ;  T.  nigriclia  n.  s.,  from  Ohio,  Penn,  and  Mass. ; 
T.  Pettitana  n.  s.,  from  Canada  West,  Ohio  and  Illinois ;  T.  breviorna- 
tana  (Clem.),  from  Mass.,  Canada  West  and  New  York;  T.  caryce  n.  s., 
from  Illinois  and  Penn. ;  T.  furcatana  (Walk.),  from  Penn. ;  T.  Biley- 
ana  Grote;  T.  melaleucana  (Walk.),  from  Virginia,  Penn,  and  Maine; 
T.  puritana  Rob.,  from  Mass,  and  Illinois;  T.  violaceana  n.  s.,  from 
New  York  and  Mass. ;  T.  algidana  Moeschler,  from  “Labrador”  and 
Mount  Washington;  T.  reticulatana  (Clem.),  from  New  York,  W.  Va. 
and  Penn.;  T.  sulfureana  (Clem.),  from  Mass.,  New  York,  Penn.,  W 
Va.,  Ohio,  Illinois,  Florida  and  Texas;  T.  albicomana  Clem.,  from 
Mass.,  New  York,  Penn.,  W.  Va.,  Ohio  and  Texas  ;  T.  confusana  n.  s., 
from  Penn. ;  T.  irrorea  n.  s.,  from  New  York;  T.  paludana  n.  s. ;  from 
Penn,  and  New  York;  T.  humerosana  (Clem.),  from  New  York,  Mass., 
Canada  West  and  Penn. ;  T.  cerasivorana  (Fitch.),  from  New  York 
and  Mass.;  T.  minuta  n.  s.,  from  Texas;  T.  cana  n.  s.,  from  Penn.; 
T.  discopunctana  (Clem.),  from  Mass.,  New  York  and  Penn. ;  T.  peri- 
tana  (Clem.),  from  New  York  and  Penn.;  T.  Jlaccidana  n.  sp.,  from 
Texas;  T.  sentana  (Clem.),  from  Mass.,  New  York  and  Penn.;  T. 
Jlavedana  (Clem.),  from  Mass.,  New  York  and  Penn. ;  T.  laterana  n.  s., 
from  Penn. ;  T.  incertana  (Clem.),  from  Mass.,  New  York,  Penn,  and 
Ohio;  T.  lutosana  (Clem.),  from  Mass.,  New  York  and  Penn.;  Teras 
flavivittana  (Clem.),  from  New  York  and  Mass. ;  T.  perspicuana  n.  s., 
from  Penn. ;  T.  hastiana  (Linn.),  var.  divisana  Hiibn.,  from  Europe, 
Penn,  and  Mass.;  T.  maculidorsana  (Clem.),  from  Penn,  and  Maine; 
T.  inana  n.  s.,  from  Mass,  and  New  York;  T.  viburnana  (Clem.),  from 
Penn.;  T.  nigrolinea  n.  s.,  from  Canada  West;  T.  placidana  n.  s., 
from  Penn. ;  T.  trisignana  n.  s.,  from  W.  Va. ;  T.  semiannula  n.  s., 
from  Penn. ;  T.  deflectana  n.  s.,  from  Penn. ;  T.  gallicolana  (Clem.), 
from  Mass,  and  Illinois ;  T.  Breivsteriana  n.  s.,  from  New  York;  T. 
celiana  n.  s.,  from  New  York  and  Mass.;  Concliylis  Agassizii  n.  s., 
from  Texas;  C.  quinquemaculana  n.  s.,  from  Penn.;  C.  Bidingsana  n. 
s.,  from  Colorado  Territory;  C.  bimaculana  n.  s.,  from  Texas;  C. 
dorsimaculana  Rob.,  from  Penn. ;  G promptana,  from  Penn,  and  Texas  ; 
C.  angulatana,  from  Penn,  and  W.  Va. ;  C.  argentilimitana  n.  s.,  from 


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LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


Penn.;  C.  Idbcculana  n.  s.,  from  Penn.;  C.  lepidcina,  from  Penn.;  C. 
interruptof asciata  n.  s.,  from  Penn.,  and  C.  Bunteana  n.  s.,  from 
Penn. 

Shimer  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  394;  published  Feb.,  1870)  de¬ 
scribes  as  new,  Grapholitha  caryae ,  from  Illinois. 

Beth ujst e  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  89)  records  as  Canadian  species,  Carpocopsa 
pomonella  Linn.,  and  Anchylopera  fragarice  Walsh  and  Riley. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  89)  describe  and  fig¬ 
ure  Anchylopera  fragarice  n.  sp.  On  p.  112  they  figure  and  describe 
the  habits  of  Carpocapsa  pomonella  (Linn.)  On  p.  177  tliej^  figure  and 
give  an  account  of  the  habits  of  Penthina  vitivorana  Pack. 

Packard  (Guide,  334)  describes  as  new,  Tortrix  oxycoccana ,  from 
Mass. ;  Lozotcenia  fragariana ,  from  Maine ;  L.  gossypiana,  from  the 
Cotton  States;  Penthina  vitivorana  (pi.  8,  fig.  22),  from  Ohio;  p.  338, 
Anchylopera  vacciniana  (pi.  8,  fig.  21),  from  Mass. 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  62)  describes,  with  figures,  the 
habits  and  transformations  of  Carpocapsa  pomonella  Linn.  On  p.  133 
(pi.  2,  figs.  29,  30.  and  cut  76)  he  figures  and  describes  the  habits  of 
Penthina  vitivorana  Pack.  On  p.  142  he  describes  and  figures  (pi.  2, 
figs.  26  and  27,  and  cut  80)  Anchylopera  fragarice  Walsli  and  Riley,  and 
gives  an  account  of  its  habits.  On  p.  153  he  describes  and  figures 
(pi.  2,  figs.  3,  4,  and  cut  85)  Tortrix  Bileyana  Grote,  and  notices  a 
phytophagic  variation  in  the  imago,  “caused  by  the  difference  in 
food.” 

Harris  (Harris  Corr.,  324)  describes  a  larva  which  rolls  the  leaves 

of  Tilia  Americana. 

TINEIDiE. 

Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  1)  describes  the  larva,  pupa  and  habits  of 
Depressaria  Ontariella  n.  sp.  On  p.  19  he  quotes  the  opinion  of  James 
Angus  that  this  may  be  the  European  D.  heracliana. 

Packard  (Guide,  349)  describes  as  new,  Depressaria  rohiniella  (pi. 
8,  fig.  14),  with  an  account  of  its  habits;  p.  353  (pi.  8,  fig.  15,  15a, 
15  5,  15  c)  Lithocolletis  geminatella ;  p.  354  (pi.  8,  fig.  19,  19  a)  L.  nidi- 
ficansella ;  p.  355  (pi.  8,  fig.  18,  18  a,  18  h)  Lyonetia  saccatella ,  from 
Mass. 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Inst.  Missouri,  151)  figures  (pi.  2.  figs.  22,  23) 
and  describes  the  transformations  of  CEta  compta  Clem. 

PTEROPHORIDJE. 

Packard  (Guide,  356,  pi.  8,  fig.  23,  23  a,  23  5)  figures  Pteropliorus 
periscelidactylus  Fitch,  in  its  different  stages. 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Inst.  Missouri,  137)  describes  and  figures  (pi.  2, 
figs.  15,  16)  Pteropliorus  periscelidactylus  Fitch,  and  on  p.  180  describes 


LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


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as  new,  Pterophorus  carduidactylus  (pi.  2,  figs.  13,  14,  and  cut  98)  and 
jjives  an  account  of  its  habits. 

Harris  (Harris  Corr.,  323)  figures  and  describes  the  case,  and  the 
larva  of  Porrectaria?  sp. 


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DIPTERA. 


DIPTERA. 

The  contributions  to  dipterology,  in  this  country,  dur¬ 
ing  the  past  year,  have  been  very  scanty.  Some  obser¬ 
vations,  connected  with  practical  entomology,  and  a  few 
biological  facts,  constitute  the  sum  total  of  the  additions 
made  to  our  knowledge  in  this  branch  of  science.  If  the 
increase  of  knowledge  has  been  slender,  its  diffusion  has 
been  better  provided  for  in  the  chapters  on  Diptera  of 
Mr.  Packard’s  "  Guide.”  And  there  is  every  reason  to 
hope  that  this  useful  book,  by  familiarizing  the  popular 
mind  as  well  as  the  eye,  with  the  various  forms  of  dip¬ 
tera,  will  encourage  the  study  of  this  order,  or,  at  least, 
increase  the  number  of  collectors. 

However  meagre  dipterology  has  appeared  among  us 
in  1869,  there  is  a  good  deal  of  comfort  to  be  derived 
from  the  healthy  direction  it  is  taking.  Together  with 
the  other  branches  of  entomology  in  this  country,  it  has 
assumed  an  eminently  practical  tendency.  By  practical  I 
do  not  merely  mean  the  relation  of  entomology  to  the  dol¬ 
lars  and  cents  question,  but  its  relation  to  living  nature  in 
general.  The  more  this  science  progresses  in  America, 
the  more  it  becomes  apparent  that  its  development  does 
not  depend  on  the  necessity  of  putting  in  order  a  museum 
and  classifying  some  boxed  up  specimens,  but  from  the 
craving  to  understand  living  nature  and  the  desire  to 
master  it,  when  necessary.  This  craving  for  knowledge 
among  the  masses  in  America  is  as  remarkable  as  the 
keen  eye  for  observation,  and  the  open  mind  which  are 
brought  into  play  to  satisfy  this  instinct.  Entomologists 
often  receive  letters  of  enquiry  from  farmers,  gardeners, 
mechanics  and  other  persons,  mostly  deficient  in  a  prepar- 


DIPTERA. 


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atory  knowledge  of  natural  history ;  and  they  generally 
have  every  reason  to  be  astonished  at  the  fulness  and 
accuracy  of  the  observations  of  these  men  of  manual  labor, 
as  well  as  at  the  shrewdness  displayed  in  the  manage¬ 
ment  of  their  experiments.  Very  often,  an  investiga¬ 
tion  is  fully  carried  out  by  them,  and  all  that  they  apply 
for  to  a  scientific  entomologist  is,  the  scientific  name  of 
the  specimen.  But  here  lies  the  difficulty.  In  great 
many  cases,  this  name  cannot  be  given  with  any  degree  of 
certainty  on  account  of  the  insufficiency  or  the  absolute 
want  of  specific  descriptions. 

If  we  have  reason  to  rejoice  at  the  healthy  direction 
American  entomology  is  taking,  it  is  not  without  an  eye 
to  those,  unfortunately  very  numerous  persons,  who  seem 
to  think  that  the  so-called  descriptive  entomology  is  the 
aim  and  end  of  science.  When  a  Champollion,  or  a  Grote- 
fend  attempt  to  study  hyeroglyphic  or  cuneiform  inscrip¬ 
tions,  do  they  look  upon  the  compilation  of  a  dictionary 
of  these  modes  of  writing  as  the  ultimate  aim  of  their 
efforts?  It  is  evident  that  the  dictionary  in  this  case 
is  only  a  stepping  stone  towards  the  real  end  in  view,  the 
bringing  to  light  of  the  treasures  of  facts,  buried  in  an¬ 
cient  inscriptions.  Descriptive  natural  history  furnishes 
the  dictionary  of  nature  ;  it  gives  names  to  objects,  which 
without  these  names  it  would  be  impossible  to  designate. 
When  a  gardener  has  observed  the  operations  of  some 
noxious  fly,  he  applies  to  you  for  its  name ,  because  the 
knowledge  of  the  name  will  enable  him  to  communicate 
to  others  the  knowledge  he  has  acquired  of  the  habits 
of  the  ijnsect. 

But  just  in  this  matter,  that  of  names ,  American  ento¬ 
mology,  and  especially  American  dipterology,  are  found 
wanting.  We  have  no  dictionary  of  American  flies,  that 
is,  no  hand-book  of  American  dipterology.  Probably 


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DIPTERA. 


nine-tenths  (at  least)  of  the  American  diptera  are  not 
described  at  all ;  among  the  existing  descriptions  of  the 
remaining  tenth,  a  great  part  are  imperfect  and  scattered. 

Whatever  the  cause  may  be,  it  is  evident  that  the  study 
of  diptera  is  not  a  favorite  one  among  entomologists. 
Its  devotees  in  Europe  are  few  and  far  between,  and  it 
is  hardly  to  be  expected  that  it  will  meet  with  more  favor 
here.  And  still  we  want  names ,  we  want  a  dictionary, 
because  the  number  of  persons  is  large  who  are  fond  of 
observing  living  nature,  or  engaged,  in  consequence  of 
their  avocations,  in  the  struggle  against  the  agencies  of 
nature.  The  question  is,  how  is  this  want  to  be  supplied, 
effectually  and  quickly? 

In  matters  concerning  the  common  weal,  whenever  the 
good-will  or  the  ability  of  private  individuals  is  found 
wanting,  the  state  is  apt  to  intervene  and  to  supply  the 
deficiency.  Could  not,  in  entomological  matters,  a  proper 
organization  provide  for  that,  which  the  zeal  of  isolated 
volunteers  is  too  slow  to  accomplish?  Could  not  a 
plan  be  devised  by  which  the  existing  want  of  systematic 
descriptions  of  North  American  diptera  would  be  sup¬ 
plied  with  tolerable  completeness,  within  a  comparatively 
short  time?  I  look  upon  such  a  scheme  as  feasable,  and 
of  comparatively  easy  execution,  provided  it  is  carried 
out  with  sufficient  energy  and  perseverance. 

The  work  of  a  descriptive  entomologist  usually  con¬ 
sists  of  two  distinct  operations  :  collecting  and  describ¬ 
ing.  Generally  an  entomologist  has  to  collect  for  several 
years,  before  he  can  attempt  to  monograph  some  family, 
especially  one  which  has  never  been  monographed  before. 
Often,  also,  a  good  describe!*  may  be  a  bad  collector,  and 
vice  versa.  Now  it  seems  to  me  that  in  a  country  like 
this,  where  so  much  remains  to  be  done  by  future  mono- 
graphists,  it  would  be  a  good  plan  to  organize  this  labor 


DIPTERA. 


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so  as  to  have  it  carried  on  as  a  systematic  exploration. 
The  work  would  devolve  on  the  existing  scientific  socie¬ 
ties.  They  would  (one  and  all)  employ  regular  collectors, 
who  would  prepare  the  materials  for  future  describers. 
With  a  little  training  they  would  be  able  to  acquire 
enough  special  knowledge  in  order  not  to  neglect  any 
family  nor  any  locality.  In  a  few  years  the  materials  thus 
stored  would  be  more  considerable  than  anything  that  a 
single  collector,  confined  at  each  season  to  a  single  local¬ 
ity,  could  bring  together.  Then  would  be  the  time  for 
the  monographist  to  step  in.  The  families,  either  best 
represented  in  the  collections,  or  monographs  of  which, 
for  some  reason  or  other,  might  appear  most  desirable, 
would  be  entrusted,  for  the  purpose  of  description,  to 
some  competent  person,  either  at  home  or  abroad.  The 
whole  of  the  materials,  relating  to  that  family,  and  accu¬ 
mulated  either  in  one,  or  in  several  museums,  would  be 
given  over  to  him,  upon  the  positive  assurance  that  he 
would  accomplish  the  work  within  a  definite  period,  un¬ 
der  specified  conditions.  Upon  the  completion  of  the 
work,  the  typical  specimens,  thus  obtained,  would  be 
restored  to  the  respective  museums  for  permanent  pres¬ 
ervation. 

Unless  some  such  scheme  for  a  systematic  exploration 
by  scientific  societies  is  adopted,  the  progress  of  dipter- 
ology  in  America  will  be  slow,  and  before  many  years 
will  be  seriously  impeded  by  an  inextricable  synonomy. 

A  speedy  exploration  of  this  country  is  desirable  for 
another  reason  still,  which  I  will  briefly  notice  before 
concluding.  With  the  disappearance  of  the  native  plants, 
and  the  rapid  spreading  of  foreign  ones,  especially  weeds 
and  grasses,  many  species  of  insects,  wdiose  existence  is 
dependent  on  plants,  are  becoming  more  and  more  rare. 
The  longer  a  locality  is  settled  the  more  European  plants 


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DIPTERA. 


predominate  around  it.  The  majority  of  the  weeds  and 
grasses  growing  around  cities  and  villages,  are  European. 
This  circumstance  especially  affects  diptera.  The  larvte  of 
the  species  of  the  beautiful  genus  Trypela  inhabit  the 
heads  of  composite  plants,  each  species  confining  itself 
generally  to  the  same  plant.  It  is  very  probable  that 
within  a  comparatively  short  period  a  good  many  of  these 
species,  most  of  which  are  never  common,  will  become 
entirely  extinct,  in  consequence  of  the  narrow  limits  and 
disconnected  localities  to  which  their  breeding-plants  will 
have  been  driven.  Thus  valuable  scientific  facts,  con¬ 
nected  with  the  aboriginal  fauna  of  this  continent,  will 
be  lost  forever. 

Let  us  hope  that  the  suggestions  thrown  out  in  the 
preceding  pages  will  not  be  entirely  lost  in  drawing  the 
attention  of  naturalists  to  the  much  neglected  order  of 
Diptera. 

R.  Osten  Sacken  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  299). 
Biological  Notes  on  Diptera  (galls  on  Solidago,  produced 
by  them). 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  105). 
Galls  made  by  Gall  Gnats. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Naturalist,  ii,  586,  638). 
A  Chapter  on  Flies. 

The  contents  of  these  papers  are  given  in  detail  under 
the  heads  of  the  different  families. 

CULICID^E. 

Packard  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  586)  describes  the  mouth-parts  (with  a 
figure),  and  figures  and  describes  the  transformations  of  a  Culex  from 
Massachusetts,  observed  by  Mr.  E.  Burgess. 

SIMULIDJE. 

# 

Packard  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  590)  notices  and  figures  Simiilium  moles- 
tum,  from  Mass.,  and  figures  the  larva  of  a  Labrador  species. 


DIPTERA. 


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CECIDOMYIDJE. 

Osten  Sacken  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  299)  describes  as  new, 
Asphondylia  monacha,  from  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  with  a  detailed  descrip¬ 
tion  of  the  gall  (growing  on  Solidago)  and  notes  on  the  transforma¬ 
tions  of  the  fly  itself.  He  also  describes  as  new,  Cecidomyia  antho- 
phila,  with  an  account  of  its  transformations  and  the  gall  it  makes  on 
the  same  genus  of  plants. 

Shimer  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  395)  describes  as  new,  Cecido¬ 
myia  cossce,  bred  from  certain  inmates  of  Hickory  galls  from  Illinois. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  105)  describe  the 
habits  and  gall,  with  figures,  of  Cecidomyia  strobiloides  O.  S.,  C.salicis 
brassicoides  Walsh,  C.  vitis-pomum  n.  sp.,  C.  vitis  coryloides  n.  sp. ;  vol. 
i,  p.  247,  they  describe  and  figure  the  gall  of  Lasioptera  vitis  0.  S.  In 
vol.  ii,  28,  they  figure  the  galls  of  C.  vitis-lituus  n.  sp.  (synonym  of  C. 
viticola  O.  S.),  and  on  p.  63  the  gall  of  C.  impatientis  O.  S. 

Walsh  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  79)  describes  a  Cecidomyious  gall,  Cratcegi 
bedeguar,  on  Cratcegus  tomentosa,  with  notices  of  three  other  Cecido- 
myious  leaf  galls. 

Harris  and  Herrick  (Harris  Correspondence,  183,  207)  discuss  the 
habits  of  Cecidomyia  destructor ,  C.  tritici  (Kirby),  with  notices  of 
their  parasites,  and  of  the  habits  of  C.  salicis  and  C.  robinice  (p.  202). 

Couper  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  81)  describes  the  galls  on  the  alder  of  what 
Osten  Sacken  (p.  89)  identifies  as  Cecidomyia  serratulce  0.  S. 

TIPULIDJE. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  100)  notice  the  fact 
that  the  larvae  of  this  family  undergo  freezing  with  impunity,  and 
note  the  fact  of  rearing  Tipula  trivittata  from  garden  soil. 

Packard  (Guide  to  the  Study  of  Insects,  381)  figures  a  larva  of  this 
family  found  under  stones  in  a  brook  in  Virginia,  and  on  p.  382  a 
pupa  of  this  family. 

MYCETOPHILIDiE. 

Packard  (Guide, *386)  figures  the  different  stages  of  an  undescribed 
species  of  Mycetobia,  and  gives  a  view  of  the  under  side  of  the  head 
of  the  larva,  enlarged. 

PULICIDJE. 

Packard  (Guide,  388)  in  accordance  with  a  suggestion  of  Haliday’s, 
places  this  family  immediately  after  the  Mycetophilidae,  and  gives  in 
brief  his  reasons  for  so  doing. 

C.  Wright  (Amer.  Nat.,  386)  remarks  on  the  habits  of  Sarcopsylla 
penetrans  in  Cuba. 


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DIPTERA. 


TABANIDJE. 


Packard  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  592)  figures  the  mouth-parts  of  Tabanus 
lineolci  Fabr. 

MYDASIDJE. 

Packard  (Guide,  395)  figures  the  pupa  of  Midas  clavatus  Drury. 


ASILIDJE. 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  168)  figures  and  notices  the  bee¬ 
killing  habits  of  Trypanea  apivora  Fitch  (apparently  a  synonym  of 
Promachus  Bastardii  Macq.) 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  p.  225)  figure  ^4si- 
lus  sericeus  Say,  and  notice  its  habits;  also  figure  the  larva  of  an 
Asilus. 

S  YBPHID  .2E . 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  83)  figure  and  de¬ 
scribe  the  transformations  of  Pipiza  radicum  n.  sp.,  “which  preys  on 
Root-lice  under  ground.” 

Packard  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  593)  figures  and  describes  the  transforma¬ 
tions  of  Microdon  globosus  Fabr.  and  Merodon  bardus  Say. 

SCENOPINIDJE. 

Packard  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  592)  figures  and  describes  the  larva  and 
adult  of  Scenopinns  pallipes  Say. 


MUSCID-E. 

Osten  Sacken  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  299)  describes  the  galls 
produced  on  Solidago  by  Trypeta  polita  Loew,  and  gives  an  account 
of  the  transformations  of  the  fly. 

Riley  (Rural  New  Yorker,  Jan.  1,  1869)  figures  (in  Rpt.  Ins.  Mis¬ 
souri)  and  describes  the  habits  of  the  Seed  Corn  Maggot,  Antliomyia 
zees  n.  sp.,  and  in  the  same  journal  (Jan.  28)  describes  the  transforma¬ 
tions  of  Meromyza  Americana  Fitch,  and  figures  the  different  stages  in 
his  Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  p.  159. 

Packard  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  641)  figures  and  notices  the  habits  of  the 
larvae  and  adult  of  a  Drosophila  injurious  to  stored  apples,  and  also 
figures  the  puparium  and  adult  of  Piophila  casei. 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  111)  figures  and  describes  as  new, 
Lydella  doryphorce ,  a  parasite  on  Doryphora  10-lineata  Say. 

H.  Siiimer  (Amer.  Nat.  iii,  550)  notices  the  habits  of  the  House 
Fly. 


DIPTERA. 


37 


T.  W.  Harris  (Harris  Correspondence)  gives  a  description  of 
Musca  harpyia  Harr.  Cat.  and  31.  familiaris  Harr.,  MSS. 

CE  STRIDE. 

S.  S.  Rathvon  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  116)  records  rearing  Cuterebra  buc- 
cata  Fabr.,  which  inhabited  the  region  of  the  kidney  of  Tamias  stria- 
tus.  This  fact,  the  Editors  of  the  Entomologist  think,  does  not  in¬ 
validate  Fitch’s  theory  of  the  emasculation  of  the  Squirrel  by  the  bot 

fly- 

HIPPOBOSCIDJE. 

Packard  (Guide,  417)  describes  and  figures  as  new,  Hippobosca  bat- 
eonis,  from  the  Great  Horned  Owl. 


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COLEOPTERA. 


COLEOPTERA. 

The  past  year  has  added  but  little  to  the  literature  of 
the  subject  of  Coleopterous  Entomology  in  North  America. 
Many  papers,  however,  have  been  placed  in  the  hands 
of  our  societies  for  publication,  and  the  consequent  delay 
will  cause  them  to  be  credited  to  the  current  year  at  the 
expense  of  that  to  which  they  really  belong.  Much 
time  has  been  occupied  in  examining  series  of  species 
sent  by  collectors  from  all  parts  of  our  country,  and  their 
increasing  numbers  and  zeal  is  evidence  of  an  interest 
developing  itself  from  which  we  may  reasonably  expect 
a  corresponding  increase  of  the  number  of  students,  and  a 
lightening  of  the  labors  of  the  few  now  devoting  their 
attention  to  systematic  classification  and  description  of 
species. 

Economic  entomology  has  sustained  a  great  loss  in  the 
death  of  Benj.  D.  Walsh,  a  careful  observer,  an  unrelent¬ 
ing  opponent  of  ignorance,  and  a  student  wdiose  place  we 
can  only  hope  may  be  filled.  The  journal  of  which  he 
was  editor,  has  been  at  all  times  filled  with  information  of 
great  value  to  the  agriculturist,  scientific  truth  having 
been  its  object,  while  at  the  same  time,  those  directly  in¬ 
terested,  have  been  guarded  against  those  impositions  too 
often  attempted  to  be  practiced  on  those  in  search  of 
remedies  against  the  ravages  of  their  insect  foes. 

In  the  above  cited  journal  may  be  found  an  account  of 
the  discovery  and  habits  of  Hylecoetus  lugubris  Say,  an 
account  of  the  larva  of  Prionus  laticollis  Drury,  and  series 
of  well  illustrated  articles  on  our  species  of  Cassida. 
The  various  answers  to  correspondents  are  filled  with  use- 


COLEOPTERA. 


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fill  and  much  new  information  regarding  the  habits  of 
many  of  our  species. 

The  Canadian  Entomologist ,  published  by  the  Entomo¬ 
logical  Society  of  Canada,  under  the  editorship  of  Kev. 
C.  J.  S.  Bethune,  has  greatly  increased  in  size  as  well 
as  in  the  value  of  its  contributions.  Local  catalogues 
are  published  by  Mr.  Pettit  and  others,  and  serve  the 
useful  purpose  of  stimulating  greater  exertions.  Careful 
collecting,  even  in  a  limited  region,  cannot  fail  to  produce 
great  results. 

Canada  appears  to  have  taken  the  lead  in  the  introduc¬ 
tion  of  entomology  into  her  schools,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped 
that  the  small  beginnings,  provoked  by  the  offer  of  prizes, 
may  grow  to  greater  results,  and  that  some  of  the  pupils 
whose  highest  ambition  may  have  been  the  attainment  of 
the  prize,  may  find  in  the  subject  itself,  after  it  has  un¬ 
folded  its  beauties,  a  greater  prize  than  pecuniary  re¬ 
ward. 

Dr.  Leconte  has  continued  the  review  of  the  MSS.  of 
the  late  Dr.  Chas.  Zimmerman,  by  the  publication  of 
"Synonymical  notes  and  descriptions  of  new  species,”  in 
which,  besides  the  description  of  new  species,  may  be 
found  valuable  hints  regarding  the  classification  of  those 
already  known.  Such  an  arrangement  is  proposed  for 
our  species  of  Platynus  and  Dicoslus.  A  communication 
from  Baron  Chaudoir  (note,  p.  248),  corrects  the  sy¬ 
nonymy  of  species,  of  which  the  types  are  in  his  cabinet. 
Dr.  Zimmermann  proposes  a  new  genus  for  IJetoerius 
setiger  Lee.,  to  which  he  gives  the  name  Echinodes.  The 
generic  name  Prolyctus  is  proposed  for  Bothrideres  exara- 
tus  Mels. 

If  the  literature  of  the  subject  of  coleopterology  in 
North  America  has  not  been  much  increased  during  the 
year,  it  is  hoped  that  those  students  and  collectors  who 


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COLEOPTERA. 


have  themselves  been  directly  benefited  by  having  bad 
their  own  cabinets  increased  in  value  by  carefully  named 
specimens,  may  endeavor  by  careful  labor  and  study  to 
add  to  our  stock  of  knowledge  as  best  they  can,  and 
thereby  repay  the  general  loss  occasioned  by  devoting  to 
the  spread  of  information  through  private  channels,  that 
time  and  labor  usually  devoted  to  systematic  work  in  our 
scientific  journals. 

Entomological  Correspondence  of  T.  W.  Harris,  M.D., 
edited  by  S.  H.  Scudder,  8vo,  contains  a  number  of  brief 
notes  and  a  few  wood-cuts  of  Coleoptera,  with  notes  by 
Dr.  J.  L.  Leconte,  and  engravings  on  steel  of  the  larva 
and  details  of  Alans  oculatus ,  Oremastochilus  castanea , 
C.  Hentzii  and  C.  Sayi ,  with  details. 

F.  G.  Sanborn  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  81, 
1868).  Description  and  history  of  a  new  species  of 
Erirhinus ,  E.  juniperinus. 

G.  D.  Smith  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  327). 
List  of  Coleoptera  collected  by  Prof.  James  Orton  in 
Ecuador  and  Brazil.  No  new  species  are  described. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  231). 
Insects  injurious  to  the  grape-vine. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  234 ;  ii, 
2).  Tortoise  beetles.  (Insects  injurious  to  the  Sweet 
and  Common  Potato.) 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  38).  Luminous 
larvae. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  69).  Coleoptera  taken  in 
the  neighborhood  of  London,  Canada. 

J.  Pettit  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  106;  ii,  7,  17  ;  see  also  p. 
20).  List  of  Coleoptera  taken  at  Grimsby,  Can. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide  to  the  Study  of  Insects). 
Original  figures  of  Coleoptera  either  in  the  early  or  adult 
stages,  with  original  notes  on  their  habits  and  distribu¬ 
tion,  are  only  noticed  in  the  Record . 


COLEOPTERA. 


41 


J.  M.  Jones  (Trans,  of  the  Nova  Scotia  Institute  of 
Natural  Science,  ii,  141).  Nova  Scotian  Coleoptera,  Part 
1.  This  is  a  list  of  species  found  mostly  around  Halifax. 

C.  Y.  Riley.  Report  on  the  Noxious,  etc.,  insects  of 
Missouri. 

H.  Shimer  (Amer.  Naturalist,  iii,  91).  Insects  injuri¬ 
ous  to  the  Potato. 

C.  A.  Young  (Amer.  Naturalist,  iii,  615).  Spectrum 
of  the  Fire-fly  (Photinus).  The  rays  thrown  by  the  fire¬ 
fly  affect  the  organs  of  vision  more  than  any  other,  and 
produce  hardly  any  thermal  or  actinic  effect. 

T.  Glover  (Patent  Office  Report  for  1868,  78).  The 
food  and  habits  of  beetles ;  with  numerous  figures.  The 
second  part  comprises  an  alphabetical  list  of  some  of  the 
principal  vegetable  and  animal  substances  frequented  or 
injured  by  beetles,  with  the  names  of  the  latter. 

C  AEAJ3ID  JE . 

Zimmeiimann  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  243)  with  remarks  on  the 
classifications  of  certain  groups,  describes  as  new,  Metabletus  borealis , 
from  Lake  Superior ;  Cymindis  brevipennis,  from  Kansas ;  Platynus 
rubripes,  from  the  “region  north  of  the  Potomac;”  Ochthedromus 
plagiatus,  from  Maryland ;  0.  lacunarius,  from  the  Middle  States ; 
LeConte  follows  with  synonymical  notes  communicated  by  Baron 
Chaudoir. 

Packard  (Guide,  432,  434)  figures  four  unknown  larvae  of  this 
family. 

HYDROPHILIDJE. 

Zimmermann  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  249)  makes  some  remarks 
on  the  classification  of  the  species  of  Helophorus,  and  describes  as 
new,  Hydroclius  impressus ,  and  records  the  Californian  H.  vagus  as  oc¬ 
curring  also  in  South  Carolina ;  he  describes  as  new,  Berosus  immacu- 
latus,  from  Carolina  and  Illinois ;  Hydrocharis  grandis,  from  South 
Carolina;  Philhydrus  reflexipennis,  from  New  Jersey;.  P.  nitens,  from 
North  Carolina;  P.  semistriatus,  from  Maryland;  Clyclonotum  semi- 
globosum,  from  Carolina;  Cercyon  naviculare,  from  the  Middle  States. 

SILPHIDJE. 

Zimmermann  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  250)  describes  as  new, 

6 


42 


COLEOPTERA. 


Cyrtusa  blandissima  and  C.  impubis ,  from  North  Carolina,  etc.,  and 
District  of  Columbia. 

Packard  (Guide,  439)  figures  the  young  and  fully  grown  larva  of 
Silpha  Lapponica  Herbst,  from  Labrador. 

SCYDM^NIDiE. 

Zimmermann  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  251)  gives  a  brief  treatise 
upon  the  classification  of  the  Rhypophaga,  and  describes  as  new, 

Scydmcenus  Mississipicus. 


STAPHYLINIDJE. 

Packard  (Guide,  441)  figures  two  unknown  larvie  of  this  family. 

HISTERID^E. 

Zimmermann  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  252)  records  from  Mary¬ 
land,  Cuba  and  Hayti,  Ulster  servus  Er.,  a  species  not  before  found  in 
the  U.  S.,  and  describes  as  new,  H.  permixtus,  from  Carolina,  and  re¬ 
cords  finding  the  European  H.  corvinus  Germ.,  as  occurring  in  South 
Carolina;  describes  as  new,  Carcinops  lautus,  from  North  Carolina, 
and  proposes  Echinodes  as  a  new  genus,  in  which  he  places  Hetcerins 
setiger  Lee.,  found  April  13,  in  the  nest  of  a  small  brown  ant  in  South 
Carolina.  He  also  discusses  the  classification  of  the  species  of  Pachy- 
lopus ;  describes  as  new,  Epierus  novellus,  from  Carolina,  and  records 
E.  planulus  Er.,  from  Columbia,  Mexico  and  California,  and  charac¬ 
terizes  the  three  groups,  into  which  Plegaderus  may  be  divided. 

S  C  APHID  IID  ZE . 

Zimmermann  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  251)  describes  as  new, 
Toxidium  compressum,  from  Louisiana,  Texas,  Florida  and  Illinois. 

NITIDUL  ARIZE. 

Packard  (Guide,  444)  figures  the  larva  and  beetle  of  Ips  fasciatus 
Say. 

COLYDIIDZE. 

Zimmermann  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  254)  describes  as  new, 
Aulonium  ferrugineum,  from  Carolina,  and  A.  [. Lasconotus ]  referend- 
ius. 

LATHRIDIIDZE. 

Zimmermann  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  256)  states  that  Corticaria 
denticulata  Mann.,  C.  serrata  Mann.,  C.  elongata  Gyll.,  C.  pusilla,  and 
Lathridius  rugicollis  Mann.,  are  common  to  Europe  and  North 
America ;  he  also  describes  as  new,  C.  villosa,  and  C.  subimpressa, 
from  North  America. 


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CUCUJID^E. 

Zimmermann  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  256)  states  that  Silvanus 
bicornis  Rosenh.,  is  found  both  in  Europe  and  America,  and  that  it 
may  be  a  rare  variety  of  S.  Surinamensis.  He  describes  as  new, 
Nausibius  major ,  from  Carolina,  and  states  that  Lcemophlceus  testaceus 
(Fabr.),  L.  pusillus  Schonh.,  and  L.  alternans  Ei\,  are  common  to 
Europe  and  North  America. 

CRYPTOPHAGID-ZE. 

Zimmermann  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  257)  describes  as  new, 
Cryptophagus  croceus,  from  South  Carolina,  C.  crinitus,  from  South 
Carolina  and  Illinois,  C.  fungicola ,  from  Carolina,  and  C.  nodulangu- 
lus,  from  the  Middle  and  Southern  States.  He  suggests  an  arrange¬ 
ment  of  the  North  American  species  of  Atomaria,  and  describes  as 
new,  A.  testacea,  from  South  Carolina;  A.  ochracea,  from  Maryland, 
and  A.  ephippiata ,  from  the  Middle  States,  and  records  Anihrenus 
musceorum  and  A.  adspersus  Herbst,  as  occurring  in  this  country. 

Packard  (Guide,  447)  describes  briefly,  and  figures  the  larva  of  An- 
therophagus  ochraceus  Say. 


DERMESTID2E. 

Packard  (Guide,  448)  states  that  Byturus  unicolor  Say  is  injurious 
to  the  leaves  and  flowers  of  the  raspberry,  and  figures  an  unknown 
larva  of  Dermestes,  and  the  larva  of  Attagenus  pellio  Steph. 

Zimmermann  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  259)  describes  as  new, 
Stenelmis  vittipennis ,  from  South  Carolina,  and  S.  linearis  and 
Psephenus  Trentonensis,  from  Trenton  Falls,  N.  Y. 

PAKNTD2E. 

Packard  (Guide,  450)  figures  the  larva  of  Psepjlienus  Lecontei  Hald. 

LU  CANID  JE . 

Packard  (Guide,  451)  figures  the  larva  and  cocoon  of  Lucanus 
dama  Fabr. 

SCARAB  JEIDAE3. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  111)  gives  a  note  on 
the  habits  of  Euryomia  mdancholica  G.  and  P.  On  pp.  186,  207  they 
give  an  account  of  a  fungus  very  destructive  to  the  larvae  of  Lachno- 
sterna  fusca  Frohl. 

Packard  (Guide,  452)  figures  an  unknown  larva  of  this  family. 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  156)  gives,  with  figures,  notes  on 
the  habits  of  Lachnosterna  fusca  Frohl. 


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COLEOPTERA. 


S.  Lockwood  (Amer.  Naturalist,  iii,  49)  contributes  a  note  on  the 
destructiveness  of  Cotalpa  lanigera. 

BUPRESTIDJE. 

Packard  (Guide,  458)  figures  the  supposed  larva  of  Euchroma  Co¬ 
lumbia  Mann.,  and  the  larva  of  a  species  of  Chrysobothris  found 
under  the  bark  of  the  oak. 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Inst.  Missouri,  46)  gives  a  brief  account  of  the 
habits  of  Chrysobothris  femorata  Pabr. 

ELATERIDiE. 

Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  38)  refers  to  a  luminous  larva  described  on 
p.  2,  and  which  he  considers  as  a  species  of  Melanactes. 

Packard  (Guide,  460)  figures  a  larva  of  this  family  found  in  the 
roots  of  the  squash  vine ;  p.  461,  a  larva,  probably  of  Melanotus. 

LAMPYRIDJE. 

Packard  (Guide,  466)  figures  the  larva  of  Photuris  Pensylvanica 
DeGeer. 

PTINIDJE. 

Packard  (Guide,  470)  figures  the  pupa  of  Sitodrepa  panicea  Fabr., 
and  the  larva  of  Ernobius  mollis  Fabr.,  and  the  larva,  pupa  and  adult 
of  Lyctus  opaculus  Lee. 

TENEBRIONID  JE . 

Packard  (Guide,  473)  figures  the  larva  of  a  species  of  this  family, 
and  p.  474  the  larva,  pupa  and  adult  of  Boletophagus  cornutus. 

PYROCHROIDJE. 

Packard  (Guide,  477)  figures  the  larva  of  a  species  of  Pyrochroa. 

MELOIDJE. 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Inst.  Missouri,  96)  gives  an  account  of  the  habits 
of  Lytta  vittata  Fabr.,  L.  cinerea  Fabr.,  L.  murina  Lee.,  L.  atrata  Fabr., 
and  L.  marginata  Fabr. 

BRUCHID^E. 

Packard  (Guide,  484)  figures  Bruchus  pisi  Linn.,  on  p.  513. 

CURCULIONID^E. 

Sanborn  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  81)  describes  the  habits 
of  Erirhinus  juniperinus  n.  sp.,  which  inhabits  a  fungus  Podosoma 
juniperina ,  in  Mass. 


COLEOPTEEA. 


45 


Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  221)  describe  (with 
figures)  the  transformations  of  Ithycerus  Noveboracensis  Eorst. 

A.  M.  Brown  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  239;  thinks  that  Conotrachelus  nenu¬ 
phar  does  not  produce  more  than  one  brood  a  year,  and  remarks  on 
its  ravenous  appetite. 

Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  89)  notes  the  occurrence  in  Canada  of  Lixus 
concavus  Say. 

Packard  (Guide,  487)  gives  an  account  of  Anthonomus  suturalis 
Lee.,  with  notes  by  W.  C.  Fish;  figures  the  larva,  pupa  and  adult  of 
Magdalinus  olyra  Herbst.,  and  on  p.  492  figures  Baridins  sesostris  Lee. 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  50)  gives  an  account,  with  figures, 
of  Conotrachelus  nenuphar  Herbst. ;  on  p.  93  of  Baridius  trinotatus 
Say;  on  p.  128,  of  Cceliodes  incequalis  Say,  with  figures;  and  p.  131, 
of  Madarus  vitis  Riley. 

CERAMBYCIDiE. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  231)  give  (with  fig¬ 
ures)  an  account  of  the  transformations  and  habits  of  Prionus  lati- 
collis  Drury. 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  42)  gives  an  account,  with  figures, 
of  the  economy  of  Saperda  bivittata  Say,  and  on  p.  124,  of  Orthosoma 
cylindricum  (Fabr.)  ?,  with  figures. 

Packard  (Guide,  496)  figures  the  larva,  pupa  and  adult  of  Asemum 
mcestum  Hald.,  and  on  p.  497  the  larva  and  pupa  of  Clytus  pictus 
(Drury)  ;  on  p.  498  Oncideres  cingulatus  Say ;  on  p.  499  the  larva  of 
Compsidea  tridentata  (Oliv.),  and  describes,  with  a  figure,  the  habits  of 
Psenocerus  supernotatus  Say. 

CHRYSOMELIDJE. 

W.  Julich  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  110)  contributes  a  note  on  the  habits  of 
Donjphora  juncta  Germar. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  114)  give  an  account 
of  the  habits  of  the  Asparagus  beetle,  Crioceris  asparagi  Linn.  On  p. 
158  they  give  an  account  of  the  habits  of  Haltica  striolata  Ill. 

Editors  of  the  American  Entomologist  (i,  234)  describe  the 
habits  of  Blepharida  rhois  Forster  (also  ii,  2),  the  larva  of  Cassida 
(. Physonota )  quinque-punctata  n.  sp.,  and  figure  and  describe  the  dif¬ 
ferent  stages  of  Cassida  bivittata  Say,  C.  aurichalcea  Fabr.,  C.  pallida 
Herbst.,  C.  guttata  Oliv.,  C.  nigripes  Oliv.  In  vol.  ii,  p.  2,  they  figure 
Deloyola  clavata  Oliv.,  and  state  that  Physonota  unipunctata  Say  feeds 
on  the  sunflower  (Helianthus). 

Packard  (Guide,  504)  figures  the  larva  and  adult  of  Chelymorpha 
cribraria  (Fabr.),  with  brief  descriptions  of  its  habits;  p.  505,  the 
habits  and  transformations  of  Galeruca  marginella  Kirby,  from  North- 


46 


COLEOPTERA. 


ern  Maine,  and  figures  the  larva  and  pupa  of  Diabrotica  vittata  (Fabr.). 
On  p.  507  figures  Grciptodera  chalybea  (Ill.),  with  a  description  of  its 
larva,  and  notes  on  its  habits  from  the  observations  of  M.  C.  Reed. 
On  p.  508  he  figures  the  larva  of  Labidomera  trimaculata  (Fabr.),  and 
on  the  next  page  Calligrapha  Philadelphia  (Linn.)  ;  on  p.  510  he  fig¬ 
ures  the  larva  and  case  of  Chlamys  plieata  Oliv. 

Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  99)  gives  an  account  of  the  habits 
of  Lenia trilineata  (Oliv.),  Doryphora  10- lineata  Say,  D.juncta  Germar; 
p.  132,  Fidia  viticida  Walsh. 

COCCINELLID^I. 

Packard  (Guide,  511)  gives  an  account  of  the  habits  of  Coccinella 
bipunctata  Linn. 


HEMIPTERA. 


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HEMIPTERA. 

But  few  publications  relating  to  our  Hemiptera  have 
appeared  during  the  past  year.  Foremost  among  these, 
however,  is  Dr.  Packard’s  "Guide  to  the  Study  of  In¬ 
sects  ;  ”  the  ninth  number  of  which  relates  to  the  Hemip¬ 
tera.  Beginning  with  the  feeble  plant-lice  he  proceeds 
through  the  various  groups  of  Homoptera  and  Heterop- 
tera,  giving  a  clear  expression  of  the  principal  characters 
of  each,  with  illustrations  of  one  or  more  of  the  typical 
species ;  placing  at  the  disposal  of  the  student,  in  a  com¬ 
pact  form,  a  huge  mass  of  facts,  only  otherwise  attainable 
by  protracted  and  laborious  research  through  a  vast  num¬ 
ber  of  usually  inaccessible  works. 

In  the  Ofversigt  af  Kongl.  Vetenskcijps-Akademiens 
Forhandlingar ,  Stockholm,  1869,  No.  3,  Dr.  Staal  has 
continued  the  classification  of  the  Homopterous  group, 
Membracidoe ,  and  described  several  new  genera  and  spe¬ 
cies  from  North  America. 

About  the  close  of  the  year  1868,  Mr.  Francis  Walker 
published  his  third  part  of  the  catalogue  of  specimens  of 
Hemiptera  Heteroptera,  in  the  collection  of  the  British 
Museum,  which  appeared  too  late  for  notice  in  our  re¬ 
port  for  1868.  As  parts  one  and  two  of  that  work  have 
not  yet  reached  us,  we  are  unable  to  state  whether,  or 
not,  they  include  species  from  this  country.  Part  three 
extends  to  the  end  of  the  Pentatomoids,  and  embraces  all 
the  names  of  species  known  to  the  author,  as  well  as  de¬ 
scriptions  of  the  supposed  new  species  in  the  collection 
of  the  British  Museum. 

Only  recently  I  have  received  the  Transactions  of  the 
New  York  State  Agricultural  Society,  published  in  1868. 


48 


HEMIPTERA. 


It  includes  remarks  by  Dr.  Asa  Fitch  upon  the  habits  of 
a  few  species  of  Homoptera,  affecting  raspberry  bushes 
and  dahlias. 

The  Abh6  Provancher  (Le  Natural  iste  Canadien,  for  August)  lias 
described  a  new  species  of  Canadian  Nabis,  N.  Canadensis  Prov. 

C.  V.  Riley  (First  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious,  Beneficial  and 
other  Insects  of  the  State  of  Missouri)  includes  notices  of  the  habits 
of  several  species  observed  in  the  Western  States. 

Messrs.  Walsh  and  Riley  record  the  habits  of  a  few  species  in  the 
American  Entomologist,  vols.  1  and  2. 

Packard  (Guide)  notices  Aphis  avence  Fabr.,  A.  mail  Fabr.,  A.mali- 
folice  Fitch,  A.  cerasi  Fabr.,  A.  persicce  Sulz.,  A.  brassicce  Linn.,  Lachnus 
caryce  Harris,  Eriosoma  lanigera  Hausm.,  Hamamelistes  cornu  Shinier, 
Thelaxes  ulmicola  Walsh,  Pemphigus  formicetorum  Walsh,  P.  vagabun- 
dus  Walsh,  P.  rhois  Walsh,  P.  ulmicola  Fitch,  Eriosoma  pyri  Fitch,  As- 
pidiotus  Gloverii  Pack.  n.  sp.,  Lecanium  hesperidum  Linn.,  L.  acericola 
Walsh,  L.  Maclurce  Walsh,  Aspidiotus  conchiformis  Gmelin,  A.  Harrisii 
Walsh,  Psylla  pyri  Harris,  not  of  Europe,  Lima  vernalis  Fitch,  Erythro- 
neura  vitis  Harris,  Jassus  irroratus  Say,  Helocliara  communis  Fitch, 
Diedrocephala  mollipes  Say,  D.  quadrivittata  Say,  Tettigonia  bifida  Say, 
Clastoptera  proteus  Fitch,  Aphrophora  quadrinotata  Say,  Anotia  Bon- 
netii  Kirby,  Otiocerus  Coquebertii  Kirby,  Delpliax  arvensis  Fitch,  Cicada 
rimosa  Say,  C.  septendecim  Linn.,  C.  pruinosa  Say,  C.  Cassinii  Fisher, 
Notonecta  undulata  Say,  N.  irrorata  Say,  MSS.,  Corixa  interrupta  Say, 
Belostoma  Ilaldemanum  Leidy,  B.  grisea  Say,  Ranatra  fusca  Beauv. 
This  is  hardly  fusca  Beauv.,  but  is  certainly  R.  nigra  H.  Schf.,  Gal- 
gulus  oculatus  Fabr.,  Gerris  paludum  Fabr.  hardly,  but  the  true  G. 
remigis  Say,  G.  rufoscutellata  Latr.,  Emesa  brevipennis  Say,  E.  longipes 
DeGeer,  Pirates  picipes  H.  Sch.,  P.  biguttatus  Say,  Reduvius  per sonatus 
Linn.,  Evagoras  viridis  Uhler  (=  Diplodus  luridus  Staal)  Conorliinus 
sanguisuga  Lee.,  Lygceus  turcicus  Fabr.,  Micropus  leucopterus  Sajr, 
Anthocoris  insidiosus  Say,  Oriterus  tristis  DeGeer,  Metapodius  nasulus 
Say,  Euscliistus  tristigma  Say,  Pentatoma  ligata  Harris,  Anna  spinosa 
Dallas,  Stiretrus  fimbriatus  Say,  Corimelcena  histeroides  Say  (=  C.  ni- 
tiduloides  Wolff.),  C.  pulicaria  Germ.,  Aulacostethus  mcirmoratus  Say, 
Scutellera  viridipunctata  Say  (=  Calyptocadus  chrysorrhceus  Fabr.), 
Phlceothrips  mali  Fitch.,  P.  caryce  Fitch,  Capsus  quadrivittatus  Say  (= 
Lygus  lineatus  Fabr.),  Lygus  lineolaris  Beauv.,  Cirnex  ( Acanthia )  lectu- 
laria  Linn.,  Miris  dorsalis  Say,  Phymata  erosa  Fabr.,  Tingis  liyalina 
Fabr.,  Aradus  crenatus  Say,  Pediculus  capitis  humanus  DeGeer,  Pthirius 
pubis  Linn.,  Trichodectes  canis  DeGeer,  Gyropus  porcelli  Schrank.  He 
also  states  (p.  536)  that  the  ovipositor  of  Cicada,  as  observed  in  the 


HEMIPTERA. 


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papa,  is  constructed  on  the  same  type  as  he  has  described  in  Bombus 
and  JEschna,  consisting  of  three  pairs  of  blades. 

.  Staal,  1.  c.,  refers  to  their  appropriate  groups,  which  he  character¬ 
izes,  Polyglypta  costata  Burm.,  P.  dorsalis  Burm.,  Entylia  sinuata  Fabr., 
Ceresa  diceros  Say,  C.  bubahis  Fabr.,  C.  brevis  Walk.,  C.  taurina  Walk., 
C.  constans  Walk.,  C.  basalis  Walk.,  C.  albidosparsa  Walk.,  C.  ustulata 
Fairm.,  C.  axillaris  Germ.,  C.  mallina  Germ.,  C.  vitulus  Fabr.,  C. 
brunneicornis  Germ.,  C.  cavicornis  Staal,  C.  testacea  Fairm.,  C.  patruelis 
Staal,  C.  femorata  Fairm.,  Stictocephala  inermis  Staal,  S.festina  Say,  8. 
rotundata  Say,  8.  lutea  Walk.,  8.  Franciscana  Staal.,  Phacusa pallescens 
Staal,  P.  nigripes  Staal,  Thelia  TJhleri  Staal,  Telamona  Mexicana  Staal, 
Heliria  cristata  Fairm.  (=  Telamona  acclivata  Emmons,)  H.  scalaris 
Fairm.  (=  Telamona  fagi  Emmons,)  Archasia  galeata  Fabr.  (=  Smilea 
auriculata  Fitch)  A.  Belfragei  Staal,  Hyphinoe  camelus  Gray,  Platycotis 
sagittata  Germ.  (=  Membracis  belligera  Say)  P.  acutangula  Staal,  TJm- 
bonia  Orozimbo  Fairm.,  Ochropepla  pallens  Staal,  Enchenopa  binotata 
Say,  Cladonota  latrifrons  Staal,  Hypsoprora  trituberculata  Staal,  Campy - 
locentrus  obscuripennis  Staal,  Boocerus  gilvipes  Staal,  Platycentrus  acuti- 
cornis  Staal,  P.  obtusicornis  Staal,  Brachybelus  cruralis  Staal,  Nessorhi- 
nus  gibberulus  Staal,  from  Porto  Rico ;  Goniolomus  tricorniger  Staal, 
Microcentrus  caryce  Staal  (=  Uroxiphus  caryce  Fitch),  uEthalion  gratus , 
Walk.,  AE.  nervosopunctatus  Signt.  All  from  North  America,  or  the 
West  Indies. 

Francis  Walker  (Cat.  Hem.  Brit.,  Mns.)  describes  the  following: 
Fdessa  lineosa  W.,  E.  euchroma  W.,  E.  trifurca  W.,  Aceratodes  sigil- 
latus  W.,  A.  cordifer  W.,  A.  privatus  W.,  Symphylus  politics  W.,  Bode- 
tria  scutellaris  W.,  AEthus  scitus  W.,  Chlorocoris  rubescens  W.,  C. 
rubropictus  W.,  Bryelica  ramosa  W.,  Euschistus  biformisW.,  E.  comptus 
W.,  Mormidea  tetra  W.,  M.  melanocatlia  W.,  and  mentions  by  the 
name  and  citation,  Peromatus  robustus  Haglnnd,  Edessa  obtusa  W.,  E. 
reticulata  W.,  E.  nigrispina  W.  (=  E.  bos  Staal,)  E.  taurina  Staal,  E. 
nigricornis  Staal,  E.  arietina  Staal,  E.  olivacea  Staal,  E.  lioedina  Staal,  E. 
proecellens  Staal,  E.  lineigera  Staal,  E.  patricia  Staal,  E.  jurgiosa  Staal, 
E.  junix  Staal,  E.  puncticornis  Staal,  E.  vinula  Staal,  E.  lepida  Staal,  E. 
rixosa  Staal,  E.  pudica  Staal,  E.  pudibunda  Staal,  Olbia  caprina  Staal, 
Edessa  acantharis  Linn.,  Aceratodes  cornutus  Burm.,  Aceratodes  ictericus 
Linn. ;  he  cites  Linne  for  this  species,  but  that  author  does  not  de¬ 
scribe  an  Edessa  ;  on  the  contrary  the  true  Linnean  insect  must  be  a 
Euschistus ,  to  which  genus  Dr.  Herrich- Schaffer  has  already  referred 
it.  Aceratodes  cruentus  Fabr.,  A.  inconspicuus  H.  Schf.,  A.  meditabun- 
dus  H.  Schf.,  Brachystethus  rubromaculatus  Dallas,  Pachycoris  chrysorr- 
hoeus  Fabr.  (=  Scutellera  viridipunctata  Say),  Macraulax  tristis  Uhler, 
Diolcus  cordiger  Beauv.,  Diolcus  nebulosus  Beauv.,  Diolcus  irroratus 
Germ.,  Diolcus  flavescens  Hope,  Corimelcena  unicolor  Germ.,  C.  nitidu- 

7 


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HEMIPTERA. 


loides  Wolff  (=  Thyreocoris  liisteroides  Say),  C.  coerulescens  Staal,  C. 
guttiger  Staal,  C.  quadrisignata  Staal,  AEthus  femoralis  H.  Schf.,  Loxa 
flavicollis  Drury,  Mormidea  lugens  Fabr.,  Pentatoma  semivittata  H. 
Schf.  This  species  belongs  to  the  genus  Trickopepla  Staal,  ancl  is  the 
same  as  T.  pilipes  Dallas,  Bliaphig aster  sarpinus  Dallas,  the  name 
must  be  Nezara  hilaris  Say,  and  it  is  not  the  Cimex  Pensylvanicus 
DeGeer.  The  true  Pensylvanicus  DeGeer  is  the  same  as  Pentatoma 
abrupta  Say,  of  which  I  possess  a  specimen  from  Panama,  and  an¬ 
other  beaten  by  myself  from  an  oak  tree  in  New  Jersey.  Pentatoma 
ligata  Say,  Ptilarmus  fasciatus  Hagl.,  Pharypia  pulchella  Staal. 

Asa  Fitch  (Twelfth  Report  on  the  Insects  of  New  York  State) 
notes,  at  considerable  length,  the  habits  of  Ceresa  bubalus  Fabr.,  Gy- 
pona  flavilineata  Fitch,  and  G.  octolineata  Say. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri)  records  notices  of  the 
habits  of  Aspidiotus  Harrisii  Walsh,  Aspidiotus  conchiformis  Gmelin, 
Cicada  septendecim  Linn.,  C.  Cassinii  Fisher,  Anna  spinosa  Dallas, 
Euschistus  punctipes  Say,  Oriterus  tristis  DeGeer,  Stiretrus  fimbriatus 
Say,  Harpactor  cinctus  Fabr.,  Beduvius  raptatorius  Say  (=  Sinea  mul- 
tispinosa  DeGeer),  Eriosoma  pyri  Fitch,  Eriosoma  ulmi  Riley. 

Walsh  and  Riley  (American  Entomologist)  have  furnished  ob¬ 
servations  upon  -the  following  :  —  Eriosoma  pyri  Fitch,  Pediculus  cer- 
vicalis  Linn.,  Pthirius pubis  Linn.,  Pule: c  irritans  Linn.,  Pulex penetrans 
Linn.,  Beduvius  personatus  Linn.,  Acanthia  lectularia  Linn.,  Pirates 
biguttatus  Say,  P.  picipes  H.  Schf.,  Conorhinus  sanguisuga  Lee.,  Pri- 
onotus  novenarius  Say,  Micropus  leucopterus  Say,  Aphis  mali  Fitch.  In 
No  12,  page  249,  they  figure  a  Belostoma ,  calling  it  B.  grandis  Linn. 
It  appears  to  be  Benacus  Haldemanum  Leidy.  The  first  named  is  a 
colossal  species  belonging  to  South  America. 

Harris  (Entomological  Correspondence)  includes  remarks  upon 
Cicada  septendecim  (p.  186),  Cicada  canicularis  Harr.,  Phytocoris 
( Lygus )  linearis  Beauv.,  and  p.  334  Membracis  ampelopsidis  Harr.,  Tet- 
tigonia  ( Jassus )  rosce  Harr.,  Aphis  caryce  Harr,  and  A.  salicti  Harr. 

Hemiptera  were  not  very  abundant  in  the  vicinity  of  Baltimore  dur¬ 
ing  the  past  summer,  but  on  the  marshes  near  the  coast  of  New 
Jersey  they  appeared  in  myriads.  The  species  were  few,  but  a  new 
form  of  Delphacidce  was  the  most  numerous.  Fresh  specimens  were 
of  a  bright  apple-green  color,  but  the  old  and  beaten  ones  appeared 
dirty  yellowish.  Gypona  octolineata  Say,  greatly  variable  in  colors, 
and  a  Nysius  allied  to  N.  thymi  Wolff,  were  collected  in  large 
numbers.  The  capture,  by  beating  a  young  oak  tree,  of  a  specimen 
of  Pentatoma  abrupta  Say,  and  the  kind  notes  formerly  sent  to  me  by 
Dr.  Staal,  enable  me  to  record  the  rediscovery  of  the  true  Cimex  Pen¬ 
sylvanicus  DeGeer.  The  name  must  now  be  Bhaphigaster  Pensylvanicus. 
I  formerly  received  a  poor  specimen  of  this  species  from  Panama, 


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and  more  recently  one  specimen  from  New  York  City,  sent  to  me  by 
Mr.  Akhurst.  It  differs  from  Nezara  hilaris  Say  in  being  bluntly  oval, 
with  rounded  humeral  angles,  while  in  hilaris  the  humeri  are  trian¬ 
gular.  Atlantic  County,  N.  ,T.,  seems  to  be  the  neutral  ground  upon 
which  the  insects  of  the  North  and  South  find  a  common  dwelling- 
place.  The  following  Cicadas  belong  to  that  region :  Cicada  auletes 
Germ.,  C.  pruinosa  Say,  C.  canicularis  Harris,  and  C.  variegata  Fabr. 


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ORTHOPTERA. 


ORTHOPTERA. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide  Ins.,  556-577),  presents  a 
general  account  of  the  external  and  internal  structure  of 
Orthoptera,  dwelling  at  some  length  on  the  genital  arma¬ 
ture  and  calling  attention  to  the  fossil  species,  to  the 
sounds  produced  by  the  different  families,  and  to  the 
transformations  of  these  insects. 

S.  Id.  Scudder  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  228- 
235  ;  Ent.  Notes,  ii,  7-14)  gives  an  historical  account  of 
the  classification  of  the  families  of  Orthoptera,  taken 
from  the  writings  of  Linne,  GeofFroy,  Fabricius,  DeGeer, 
Latreille,  Marcel  de  Serres,  Olivier,  Lamarck,  McLeay, 
Dumeril,  Leach,  Newman,  Burmeister,  Westwood,  Blan¬ 
chard,  Fischer  de  Waldheim,  Fieber,  H.  Fischer  and 
Gerstaecker,  and  discusses  the  relationship  of  the  families 
from  various  structural  grounds ;  he  places  them  in  the 
following  descending  series :  Gryllides,  Locustarke, 
Acrydii,  Phasmida,  Mantides,  Blattariae,  Forficulariae, — 
the  same  as  that  adopted  in  the  Record  for  1868. 

S.  II.  Scudder  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii, 
330-345  ;  Ent.  Notes,  ii,  15-30)  publishes  descriptions 
of  Orthoptera,  collected  by  Professor  Orton,  on  either 
side  of  the  Andes  of  equatorial  South  America.  Forty 
species  are  enumerated,  of  which  thirty  are  new ;  three 
new  genera  are  characterized  among  the  Locustariae. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  305-307) 
describes,  from  the  collection  of  the  Entomological 
Society,  six  new  American  species,  belonging  to  the  fami¬ 
lies  Locustariae,  Acrydii  and  Blattariae. 

GRYLLIDES. 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,i,  147,  247)  describe 
the  eggs  of  CEcanthus  niveus  and  the  mode  in  which  they  are  inserted 
into  twigs. 


ORTHOPTERA. 


53 


A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide  Ins.,  562-564),  presents  a  general  account 
of  the  structure  of  this  family  and  of  the  organs  of  stridulation,  and 
gives  short  characters  or  mentions  the  habits  of  most  of  the  common 
species  of  northern  United  States;  two  wood-cuts  of  CEcanthus  niveus 
are  added,  and  a  fossil  species,  Archego gryllus  priscus ,  is  referred  to. 

0.  Y.  Riley  (First  Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  138-139)  gives  an  ac¬ 
count,  with  figures,  of  CEcanthus  niveus ,  and  of  the  injury  done  to 
canes  by  the  punctures  made  in  ovipositing. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Mem.  Peab.  Acad.  Sc.,  i,  No.  1,  Revision  of  the 
large,  stylated,  fossorial  crickets,  pp.  28,  pi.  1)  separates  Gryllotalpa 
into  two  genera,  Gryllotalpa  sens,  strict.,  and  Scapteriscus ,  the  former 
containing  the  species  with  four,  the  latter  with  two  dactyls  on  the 
fore  tibiae.  The  species  of  each  genus  are  described  in  detail  and  ex¬ 
tended  measurements  of  many  individuals  given ;  illustrations  of  the 
venation  of  the  upper  wings  of  each  species,  and  often  of  each  sex, 
and  of  the  anterior  legs  are  added  in  a  plate,  together  with  a  full 
length  portrait  of  Gryllotalpa  australis.  The  memoir  is  preceded  by 
a  bibliographical  notice.  The  following  species  are  characterized  :  — 
Scapteriscus  oxydactylus  (Perty),  S.  tenius  n.  sp.,  from  Brazil,  S.  Mexi- 
canus  (Burm.),  S.  didactylus  (Latr.),  S.  vicinus  n.  sp.,  from  South  and 
Central  America,  S.  Agassizii  n.  sp.,  from  Switzerland,  —  probably 
introduced  from  Central  America,  S.  variegatus  (Burm.),  and  S.  abbre¬ 
viate  n.  sp.,  from  Pernambuco;  Gryllotalpa  australis  Erichs.,  G.  niti- 
dula  Serv.,  G.  coplita  DeHaan,  G.  vulgaris  Latr.,  G.  hirsuta  Burm.,  G. 
Africana  Pal.  de  Beauv.,  G.  longipennis  DeHaan,  G.  fossor  n.  sp.,  from 
Western  and  Southern  Africa,  G.  oryctes  n.  sp.,  from  China,  G.  cultri- 
ger  Uhl.,  G.  Chiliensis  Sauss.,  G.  minuta  Burm.,  G.  borealis  Burm.,  G. 
Columbia  Scudd.  (6r.  longipennis  Scudd.),  and  G.  hexadactyla  Perty. 

S.  II.  Scudder  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  330-331;  Ent. 
Notes,  ii,  15-16)  describes  Nemobius  Ortonii ,  Platydactylus  fasciatus 
and  Trigonidium  gracile  —  new  species  from  the  Napo  River,  South 
America. 

LOCUSTAR1LE. 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  100)  describe 
briefly  the  eggs  of  Platyphyllum  concavum ,  found  on  vine  canes. 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  166)  give  a  brief 
description  and  figures  of  the  eggs  of  Phylloptera  oblongifolia. 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  224)  describe 
the  eggs  of  some  species  of  Orchelimum  or  Xiphidium. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide  Ins.,  564-567),  characterizes  the  family, 
and  refers  briefly  to  most  of  the  common  New  England  species,  add¬ 
ing  a  figure  of  Cyrtophyllum  concavum. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  331-336;  Ent. 
Notes,  ii,  16-21)  describes  the  following  new  species  :  Steirodon  quad- 


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ORTHOPTERA. 


ratum  from  Guayaquil,  Acanthodis  (?)  antennatus  from  Napo  River, 
Meroncidium  conspersum  from  Napo  or  Maraiion,  Copiophora  gracilis , 
Conocephalus  brevicauda  and  C.  tenuicanda  from  the  same;  also  Pano- 
ploscelis  nov.  gen.,  allied  to  Listroscelis,  based  on  P.  armata  n.  sp., 
from  Napo  or  Maraiion,  Disceratus  nov.  gen.,  represented  by  D.  nubiger 
n.  sp.,  from  the  slope  of  Antisana,  ten  thousand  feet  above  the  sea, 
and  Acanthacara  nov.  gen.,  with  one  species,  A.  acuta  n.  sp.,  taken 
between  Quito  and  Napo. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  408-409;  Ent. 
Notes,  ii,  47-48)  presents  a  notice  of  a  new  cave  insect  from  New 
Zealand,  Hadencecus  Edwardsii.  He  also  reviews  the  synonymy  of 
the  species  of  Hadencecus  previously  described,  viz. :  H.  palpatus 
(Sulz.)  from  European  caves  and  H.  cavernarum  (Sauss.)  from  North 
American  caves. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  305)  describes  Xiphidium 
attenuatum  n.  sp.,  from  Illinois. 

ACRYDII. 

W.  N.  Byers  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  94-95)  writes  an  account  of  the  habits 
and  devastations  of  the  “Colorado  Grasshopper,”  Caloptenus  spretus, 
intended  to  prove  that  its  native  breeding  place  is  upon  the  hot  plains 
and  table-lands  from  four  thousand  to  six  thousand  feet  above  the  sea. 

Y.  Devinny  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  95)  writes  a  similar  letter  from  Colo¬ 
rado,  distinguishing  between  the  “spring”  and  “fall”  grasshoppers, 
the  former  of  which  hatch  in  the  place  and  fly  away  to  lay  their  eggs ; 
while  the  latter  are  brought  in  swarms  by  the  wind  and  deposit 
the  eggs  from  which  the  next  spring  brood  emerge. 

D.  A.  A.  Nichols  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  96)  states  that  grasshoppers  were 
unusually  destructive  in  Western  New  York,  in  1868. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide  Ins.,  567-572),  gives  a  general  account  of 
the  family,  describes  briefly  most  of  our  common  northern  species,  and 
mentions  more  at  length  the  habits  of  Chlcealtis  conspersa  and  Calop¬ 
tenus  spretus  ;  illustrations  are  given  of  Caloptenus  femur -rubrum,  C. 
spretus  and  (Edipoda  xanthoptera. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  336-340;  Ent. 
Notes,  ii,  21-25)  gives  the  characters  of  the  following  new  species 
from  South  America :  Proscopia  bulbosa  and  P.  sajax  from  Napo  or 
Maraiion,  Cephaloccema  acuminata  from  between  Quito  and  Napo, 
Xiphicera  octomaculata  from  Napo  or  Maraiion,  Lophacris  Humboldtii 
from  the  same,  Tropidacris  rex  from  Guayaquil,  Acrulium  occidentale 
and  A.  labratum  from  Napo  or  Maraiion,  Chrysochraon  (?)  abbrevia¬ 
tion  from  between  Quito  and  Napo,  and  Edipoda  bivenosa  from  Ecua¬ 
dor.  He  also  records  Anomorpha  caiman  Sauss.,  taken  between  Quito 
and  Napo. 


ORTHOPTERA. 


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55 


S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  345-355;  Ent. 
Notes,  ii,  31-41)  in  a  study  of  the  gigantic,  lobe-crested  grasshoppers 
of  South  and  Central  America,  has  divided  that  section  of  the  old 
genus  Acridium  which  included  the  species  of  extraordinary  size  with 
crested  pronotum,  into  three  divisions,  represented  respectively  by 
the  familiar  species,  A.  dux  (Drury),  A.  carinatum  (Stoll)  and  A.  Ol¬ 
fersii  Burm. ;  these  divisions  he  considers  to  be  of  generic  value  and 
describes  them  as  such  under  the  names  of  Tropidacris,  Titanacris  and 
Lophacris.  All  the  species  embraced  in  these  genera  are  redescribed, 
Tropidacris ,  including  T.  dux  (Drury),  T.  rex  Scudd.,  T.  Latreillei 
(Perty),  T.  Fabricii  Scudd.  [=  Gryllus  dux  Eabr.,  non  Drury]  and  T. 
cristata  (Linn.) ;  Titanacris  embracing  T.  carinata  (Stoll)  and  T.  albi- 
pes  (DeGeer),  and  Lophacris,  L.  Olfersii  (Burm.),  L.  Velasquezii 
(Nieto),  and  L.  Humboldtii  Scudd.  The  geographical  distribution  of 
these  species  is  carefully  examined,  and  the  author  concludes  that 
they  are  not  spread  promiscuously  over  the  whole  of  northern  South 
America,  as  previous  authors  have  apparently  assumed,  but  are  nearly 
all  limited  to  separate  zoological  provinces.  Tropidacris  cristata  is 
found  over  the  whole  Brazilian  coast  and  in  the  interior ;  T.  Fabricii, 
on  the  same  coast  between  Rio  and  Para,  T.  Latreillei  on  the  Amazons, 
T.  dux  about  the  Isthmus  of  Darien,  and  T.  rex  upon  the  west  coast  of 
equatorial  America ;  Lophacris  Olfersii  occurs  on  the  Brazilian  coast, 
L.  Velasquezii  in  Mexico  and  L.  Humboldtii  in  Ecuador;  the  precise 
locality  of  Titanacris  carinata  is  unknown,  and  T.  albipes  is  found  on 
the  Brazilian  coast. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  305-306)  describes  the 
following  new  species :  Opomala  aptera  from  Pennsylvania,  Gomplio- 
cerus  simplex  from  Delaware,  OEdipoda  carinata  from  Iowa,  and  Tettix 
femorata  from  Maryland. 


PHASMIDJE. 

E.  Burgess  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  355-356)  collected 
families  of  Anisomorpha  buprestoides  Gray,  consisting  of  fully  grown 
males  and  females  in  coitu  and  young  of  all  sizes,  under  logs  and  frag¬ 
ments  of  coral,  at  Key  West,  Ela.,  in  January  and  February. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide  Ins.,  572-574),  gives  a  short  account  of 
the  family  and  of  a  few  well  known  species ;  a  wood-cut  of  Diapher- 
omea  femorata  is  given. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  340-341 ;  Ent. 
Notes,  ii,  25-26)  mentions  a  species  of  Bacteria,  brought  from  Napo 
or  Marahon,  which  may  be  referred  to  B.  molita  Westw.,  or  B.  gracilis 
Burm.  He  also  describes  Acanthoderus  immanis  n.  sp.,  allied  to  A. 
Tisiphone  Westw.,  from  Napo  or  Maranon;  records  Phasma  putidum 
Bates  from  the  same  locality,  and  briefly  calls  attention  to  some  char- 


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ORTHOPTERA. 


acteristics  in  which  a  specimen  of  Phasma ,  taken  in  Eqnador,  differs 
from  P.  Menius  Westw. 

MANTIDES. 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  184)  give  a  short 
popular  account  of  Mantis  Carolina ,  with  wood-cuts  of  the  eggs  and 
perfect  insects. 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  ii,  63)  state  that 
Mantis  Carolina  ranges  as  far  north  as  Lat.  40°. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide  Ins.,  574-575),  gives  brief  statements  of 
the  structural  peculiarities  of  this  family,  and  of  the  habits  of  Mantis 
Carolina ,  figures  of  which  are  given. 

C.  V.  Riley  (First  Rpt.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  169-171)  gives  a  de¬ 
scription  of  Mantis  Carolina  and  its  rapacious  habits,  with  wood-cuts 
of  the  imago  and  egg-masses. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  341-342;  Ent. 
Notes,  ii,  26-27)  describes  Stagmatoptera  binotata  n.  sp.,  from  Napo 
or  Maranon,  South  America. 

BLATTARIJE. 

Editors  American  Entomologist  (Amer.  Ent.,  i,  166)  describes 
the  habits  and  egg-cases  of  Platamocles  unicolor ,  and  Ectobia  Germanica 
and  state  that  the  latter  has  been  taken  at  Cairo,  Ill. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide  Ins.,  575-577),  gives  an  account  of  this 
family  with  short  descriptions  of  the  common  New  England  species ; 
figures  of  Ectobia  Germanica  and  Mylacris  antliracophila ,  the  latter 
from  the  coal  measures  of  Illinois,  are  added. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  342-344;  Ent. 
Notes,  ii,  27-29)  describes  Phyllodromia  pallipes,  Blabera  femorata,  and 
B.  armigera  as  new  species  from  Napo  and  Maranon,  South  America; 
records  also  Ischnoptera  melana  Walk.  (?),  Periplaneta  Americana 
Burm.,  P.  Australasian  Burm.,  and  Panchlora  exoleta  Klug,  from  the 
same  locality,  Blabera  Cubensis  Sauss.,  from  Guayaquil  and  Zetobora 
rubis  Walk.,  from  Ecuador. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  307)  describes  Ischnop¬ 
tera  liyalina  n.  sp.,  from  Delaware. 

FORFICULARIJE. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Guide  Ins.,  577),  gives  a  brief  account  of  this 
family  and  of  the  two  New  England  species. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  344-345;  Ent. 
Notes,  ii,  29-30)  describes  Chelidura  robusta,  Psalidophora  nigripennis , 
and  Labia  bilineata  as  new  species  taken  by  Professor  Orton  be¬ 
tween  Quito  and  Napo,  South  America. 


NEUROPTERA. 


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NEUROPTERA. 

De  Selys  Lonchamps  (Comptes  Renclus  tie  1’Acad- 
emie  de  Belgique,  p.  66)  describes  eight  new  species  of 
dragon-flies,  from  Mexico. 

C.  V.  Riley  (First  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious, 
etc.,  Insects  of  Missouri)  briefly  notices  the  habits  of  a 
few  species,  such  as  Ghrysopa  sp.  ?  p.  57,  dragon-flies,  p. 
26,  etc.  ■' 

Riley  and  Walsh  (American  Entomologist,  vols.  1 
and  2)  give  occasional  remarks  upon  the  habits  of  the 
following  species:  —  Ji Eschna  constricta  Say,  Corydalis 
eornutus  Linn.,  and  Chrysopa  sp? 

By  far  the  most  valuable  contribution  of  the  period  is 
Dr.  Packard’s  "Guide  to  the  Study  of  Insects,”  Part  X. 
In  it  he  gives  comparisons  of  the  structure  of  the  Neu- 
roptera  with  the  other  orders,  and  includes  the  most  in¬ 
teresting  fossil  species.  The  development  of  the  dragon¬ 
flies  is  worked  out  in  considerable  detail,  and  forms  one 
of  the  most  valuable  contributions  to  our  knowledge  of 
the  young  stages  of  these  insects. 

The  following  species  are  used  to  depict  the  groups  :  —  Termopsis 
angusticollis  Linn.,  Termes  flavipes  Kollar,  Clothilla  picea  Motsch., 
Atropos  divinatorius  Fabr.  Psocus  venosus  Burm.,  P.  salicis  Fitch,  Pte- 
ronarcys  regalis  Newm.,  P.  proteus  Newm.,  Perla  abnormis  Newm., 
Isopteryx  cydippe  Newni.,  Capnia  pygmcea  Burm.,  Tceniopteryx  frigida 
Hagen,  Nemoura  albidipennis  Walk.,  Leuctra  tenuis  Piet,  Miamia 
Bronsoni  Scudder,  fossil,  M.  Dance  Scudd.,  fossil,  Crestotes  lapidea 
Scudd.,  fossil,  Palingenia  bilineata  Say,  Ephemera  decora  Walk.,  Pla- 
tephemera  antiqua  Scudd.,  fossil,  Haploplilebium  Barnesii  Scudd.,  fos¬ 
sil,  Baetis  interpunctata  Say,  Potamanthus  cupidus  Say,  P.  marginatus 
Zett.,  Cloe  pygmcea  Hagen,  Gcenis  hilaris  Say,  Lachlania  abnormis 
Hagen,  Hemeristia  occidentals  Dana,  fossil,  Calopteryx  apicalis  Burm., 
Lestes  eurina  Say,  Agrion  civile  Hagen,  Gomphus  fraternus  Say,  Anax 
junius  Drury,  yEschna  heros  Fabr.,  Cordulia  tenebrosa  Say,  Libellula 

8 


58 


NEUROPTERA. 


trimaculata  DeG.,  L.  quadrimaculata  Linn.,  Diplax  rubicundula  Say,  D. 
Berenice  Drury,  D.  Elisa  Hagen,  Nannophya  bella  Uhler,  Sialis  infu- 
mata  Newn.,  S.  Americana  Ramb.,  Chauliodes  pectinicornis  Linn.,  C. 
serricornis  Say,  Corydalis  cornuta  Linn.,  Aleuronia  Westwoodii  Fitch, 
Coniopteryx  vicina  Hagen,  Hemerobius  occidentalis  Fitch,  Polystcechotes 
punctatus  Fabr.,  Mantispa  brunnea  Say,  Chrysopa  oculata  Say,  Myrme- 
leon  abdominalis  Say,  Ascalaphus  hyalinus  Latr.,  Panorpa  rufescens 
Ramb.,  Bittacus  pilicornis  Westw.,  Boreus  nivoriundus  Fitch,  B.  bru- 
malis  Fitch,  Merope  tuber  Newm.,  Neuronia  semifasciata  Say,  Limno- 
philus  perpusillus  Walk.,  L.  rhombicus  Linn.,  L.  subpunctulatus  Zett., 
Sericostoma  Americanum  Walk.,  Helicopsyche  glabra  Hagen,  II.  areni- 
fera  Lea.,  Leptocerus  niger  Linn.,  Setodes  Candida  Walk.,  Hydropsy che 
scalaris  Hagen,  Bhyacopliila  fuscula  Walk.,  Megathentomum pustulatum 
Scudder,  fossil,  and  considers  the  Thysanura  as  neuropterous,  dividing 
them  into  three  families,  the  Lepismatidae,  Campodeae  and  Poduridae. 

Harris  (Entomological  Correspondence,  p.  194)  contains  an  account 
of  the  moulting  of  Ephemeridae.  The  following  Neuroptera  are  also 
described  or  noticed,  page  326,  Libellula  (Diplax)  rubicundula  Say, 
AEschna  heros  Fabr.,  p.  328,  Psocus  luridus  Harris,  P.  gregarius  Harr., 
=  venosus  Burm.,  p.  330,  P.  frontalis  Harr.  =  stnatus  Walk.,  p.  331, 
P.  nubilus  Harr ,  —  lugens  Hagen,  P.  quadrifasciatus  Harr.  =pusillus 
Hagen ;  p.  332,  P.  infuscatus  Harr.  =  sparsus  Hagen,  P.  gracilis  Harr. 
=  signatus  Hagen;  p.  333,  Neuronia  pardalis?  Walker,  Phryganea 
argus  Harr. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  81)  contributes  a  note  on  the  Snow 

flies,  Capnia  pygmcea  Burm. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Nat.,  iii,  160),  in  an  article  entitled 
“Case  Worms,”  figures  the  case  of  Helicopsyche  glabra  Hagen,  with 
notes  on  these  shell-like  cases  by  Dr.  Hagen.  He  also  figures  the 
case  and  larva  of  Limnophilus  subpunctulatus  Zett.,  from  Labrador, 
and  the  case  and  head  and  thorax  of  the  larva  of  a  species  of  Lepto¬ 
cerus. 

F.  G.  Sanborn  (Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xii,  409)  records  the 
capture  of  Boreus  brumalis  Fitch  at  Medford,  Mass.,  by  Dr.  E.  P. 
Colby  early  in  April. 

W.  C.  Fish  (Amer.  Nat.,  ii,  616)  records  the  supposed  injury  done 
to  a  basket  of  wicker  work  by  Lepisma  saccharina  L.,  with  a  note  on 
the  injurious  habits  of  this  insect  by  the  Editors. 

The  past  summer  furnished  as  usual  vast  numbers  of  the  ordinary 
dragon-flies ;  but  a  species  of  colossal  size,  Hagenius  brevistylus  Selys, 
for  the  first  time  rewarded  my  labors  near  Baltimore.  It  has  the 
rapid,  dashing  flight  of  the  large  AEschnina  and  is  exceedingly  wary. 
Namiopliya  bella  Uhler,  occurred  in  vast  numbers  and  endless  variety 
adjoining  a  brackish- water  swamp,  about  sixteen  miles  east  of  this 


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59 


city.  Cordulina  were  more  scarce  than  usual,  while  uEschnina,  par¬ 
ticularly  2E.  heros  Fabr.,  were  unusually  abundant. 

Diplax  elisa  Hagen  has  appeared  here  during  the  past  two  summers, 
and  is  now  fully  established  in  our  brick-ponds.  No  specimens  had 
ever  been  previously  seen  in  this  vicinity,  and  by  what  route  it  reached 
us  is  uncertain,  as  I  have  not  been  able  to  find  it  elsewhere  within  a  ra¬ 
dius  of  thirty  miles  around  the  city,  nor  indeed  in  the  State,  at  a  nearer 
distance  than  the  eastern  shore  of  Chesapeake  Bay.  Clirysopa  euryptera 
Burm.,  was  immensely  abundant  and  Panorpa  rufescens  Ramb.  was 
also  more  than  usually  frequent,  near  the  southeastern  suburbs  of  this 
city. 


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ARACHNID  A. 


ARACHNID A. 

T.  W.  Harris.  Entomological  Correspondence. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Nat.,  iii,  364).  A  Chap¬ 
ter  on  Mites. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  Guide  to  the  Study  of  Insects. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Rpt.  of  the  Peabody  Academy). 
List  of  the  Hvmenopterous  and  Lepidopterous  Insects 
collected  by  the  Smithsonian  Expedition  to  South  Amer¬ 
ica,  under  Prof.  James  Orton. 

H.  Shimer  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  319).  De¬ 
scriptions  of  two  Acarians  bred  from  the  White  Maple 
(Acer  dasycarpum ) . 

W.  Couper  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  57).  Spider’s  Nests. 

C.  G.  Giebel  (Zeitschrift  fur  die  gesammten  Natur- 
wissenschaften,  Berlin,  1869,  p.  248),  on  some  spiders 
from  Illinois. 


ARAXECTA. 

Giebel  (Zeitsch.  Xaturwissenschaften.  248)  describes  as  new  from 
Illinois,  Attus  BrendeU.  Epeira  annulipes,  Agenelopsis  albipilis  now 
gen.  et.  sp..  Bolomedes  striatus,  B.  convexus,  and  redescribes,  from 
Illinois,  Attus  auridens  Bose,  and  Epeira  apoclisa  Walkenaer. 

Harris  (Harris  Corr.,  137)  describes  and  figures  a  species  of  Dolo- 
medes,  with  an  account  of  its  habits. 

Coeper  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  57)  describes ■  the  nests  of  three  species  of 
Theridion. 

V.  Clem e xti  (Can.  Ent.,  i,  62)  notes  the  occurrence  of  Gordius  in  a 
spider;  and  on  p.  69,  Dr.  H.  Hagen  enumerates  the  instances  observed 
in  Europe. 


ACAJRINA. 

G.  W.  Peck  (Amer.  Nat.,  iii,  50)  notices  the  habits  of  the  Lycosa  in 
carrying  its  young  on  its  back. 

Packard  (Rpt.  Peab.  Acad.,  65)  describes  as  new  Ixodes  Xapo- 
nensis,  from  Napo  River,  and  adds  descriptions  of  the  following  new 


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61 

species  :  Ixodes  albipictus,  from  Nova  Scotia  and  Munson’s  Hill,  Va., 
with  a  description  and  figure  of  the  young;  and  records  I.  variabilis 
Say  as  also  occurring  at  Munson’s  Hill,  Ya.  He  also  describes  as 
new,  Ixodes  nigrolineatus  from  Northern  New  York;  I.  unipunctatus 
from  Mass,  and  Penn. :  7.  Cookei  from  Mass. ;  I.  leporis-palustris  from 
N.  Carolina;  I.  chordeilis  from  Mass. ;  7.  bovis  from  Missouri  and  Nica¬ 
ragua  (West  Coast)  ;  I.  perpunctatus  from  South  America?;  and  rede¬ 
scribes  7.  Bibronii  Gervais,  from  the  West  Coast  of  Nicaragua. 

C.  Wright  (Amer.  Nat.,  iii,  51)  notices  the  habits  of  the  Cattle  Tick. 

Packard  (Amer.  Nat.,  iii,  364)  briefly  describes  and  figures  several 
species,  afterwards  named  and  noticed  in  his  “Guide.” 

Packard  (Guide,  662)  notices  Ixodes  unipunctatus ,  and  figures  it  on 
pi.  10,  fig.  11,  and  notices  7.  bovis  (pi.  10,  fig.  10).  He  briefly  describes 
and  figures  Nothrus  ovivorus  n.  sp.,  and  figures  Cheyletus  seminivorus 
n.  sp.,  and  Dermaleichus  pici-pubescentis  n.  sp. 

Shimer  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  ii,  319)  describes  as  new  Vasates 
(nov.  gen.)  quadripedes,  which  forms  galls  early  in  summer  on  the 
leaves  of  the  white  maple  in  Illinois;  also  Acarus  aceris,  n.  sp., 
abounding  on  the  under  side  of  the  leaves  of  the  same  tree. 


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IIYMENOPTERA.  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  . 
LEPIDOPTERA  (RHOPALOCEROUS).  By  S.  H.  Scubder,  . 
LEPIDOPTERA  (HETEROCEROUS).  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr., 
DIPTERA.  By  Edward  Burgess  and  H.  Loew. 
COLEOPTERA.  By  G.  H.  Horn, . 


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HEMIPTERA.  By  P.  R.  Uiiler, 
ORTHOPTERA.  By  S.  H.  Scudder, 
NEUROPTERA.  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr., 
ARACHNIDA.  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr., 
MYRIOPODA.  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr., 


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RECORD  OF  AMERICAN  ENTOMOLOGY. 


FOE  THE  YEAE  1873. 


HYMENOPTERA. 


B.  D.  Walsh  (Trans.  Acad.  Science,  St.  Louis,  iii,  p. 
65-166).  Descriptions  of  North  American  Hymenop- 
tera,  with  notes  by  E.  T.  Cresson.  In  this  posthumous 
paper  besides  some  redescriptions  of  a  few  Tenthredinidse 
a  number  of  new  genera  and  new  species  are  described, 
with  notes  on  other  previously  known  forms  and  full  com¬ 
parative  remarks  on  the  genera  and  species. 

F.  Walker  (Can.  Ent.,  16,  43,  77).  On  the  geo¬ 
graphical  distribution  of  some  Genera  of  Canadian  Insects. 
Relates  to  the  distribution  of  certain  Chalcids. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Can.  Ent.,  51,  66,  82).  Descriptions 
of  North  American  Hymenoptera,  Nos.  5,  6,  7. 

H.  F.  Bassett  (Can.  Ent.,  91).  On  the  habits  of  cer¬ 
tain  Gall  Insects  of  the  genus  Cynips. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  101).  The  Raspberry  saw 
Selandria  rubi  Harris. 

H.  Edwards  (Proc.  Cal.  Acad.  Sc.  v,  72  and  Amer. 
Nat.  vii,  772) .  Notes  on  the  Honey  Making  Ant  of  Texas 
and  New  Mexico,  Myrmecocystus  Mexicanus  Westmael. 

James  Blake  (Proc.  Cal.  Acad.  Sc.  v,  98).  On  the 
structure  of  the  honey-bag  in  the  honey-making  ant, 
Myrmecocystus  Mexicanus .  He  states  that  the  "intestine 


2 


HTMENOPTERA. 


is  not  continued  beyond  the  thorax”  and  that  the  entire 
abdomen  forms  the  honey-bag. 

A.  Fitch  (Trans.  N.  Y.,  Agricul.  Soc.  for  1867).  12th 
Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  N.  Y.  1868. 

APIDJE. 

W.  Saunders  (Report  Ent.  Soc.  Ontario,  Can,,  25)  notices  the  habits 
of  Osmia  Canadensis  Cresson,  which  injures  the  leaves  of  the  straw¬ 
berry. 

FORMICIDJE. 

H.  Edwards  (Proc.  Cal.  Acad.  Sc.  v,  72,  Amer.  Nat.  vii,  772)  de¬ 
scribes  the  habits  of  Mt/rmecocystus  Mexicanus  Westmael. 

ICHNEUMONIDiE. 

B.  T).  Walsh  (Trans.  Acad.  Sc.  St.  Louis,  iii,  69)  describes  as  new 
Joppidium  (n.  g.)  ruficeps ;  notices  Cryptus  robustns  Cress,  from  Col.; 
describes  as  new  C.  atricollaris ,  C.  rhomboidalis,  C.  cinctipes,  C.  rufi - 
frons ;  redescribes  C.  (Ischnus  Cress.)  albitarsis  Cress.  =  $  of  similis 
Cress.;  describes  as  new  C.  nigricalceatus  (“  merely  a  var.  of  albi- 
tarsis ”  Cress.),  and  redescribes  C.  iridescens  Cress.,  C.  Americanus 
Cress.,  C.  per  similis  Cress.,  C.  f rater  Cress.;  describes  as  new  C.f  al- 
bisoleatus P,  which  Cresson  regards  as  new;  redescribes  C.  limatus 
Cress.;  describes  as  new  C.  albicaligatus,  “a  mere  var.  of  albitarsis ” 
Cress.;  C.  picticoxus ;  C.  ultimas ;  redescribes  Bassus  scutellaris  Cress, 
and  describes  as  new  B.  tripicticrus  (“probably  only  a  var.  of  syco- 
pha^nta”  Cress.),  redescribes  B.  sycophanta  Walsh;  describes  B.  rufi- 
crus  n.  sp.,  B.  semifasciatus  n.  sp.,  B.  bicapillaris  n.  sp.,  Catocentrus 
(n.  g.)  philanthoides  Walsh,  Metopius  pollinctorius  Say,  Exochus  Icevis 
Cress.,  E.  albifrons  Walsh,  E.  annulicrus  n.  sp.,  E.  atriceps  n.  sp., 

0 

E.  albiceps  n.  sp.,  Exochistus pusillus  n.  sp.,  Polyrliabdus  (n.  g.),  carini- 
ger  n.  sp.,  Orthocentrus  trifasciatus  n.  sp.,  0.  stigmatias  n.  sp.,  Cerato- 
soina  apicalis  Cress.,  C.  fasciata  Cress.,  Tryplion  atricoxus  n.  sp., 
(“  probably  only  a  var.  of  T.  dimidiatus”  Cress.),  Exenteron  ornatus 
n.  sp.,  E.  Jlavicoxus  Cress.,  Cteniscus  albilineatus  n.  sp.,  Rliyssa  humida 
Say,  Ephialtes  gigas  n.  sp.,  E.  pygmceus  n.  sp.,  E.  pusio  n.  sp.,  E.  irri- 
tator  Fabr.,  Cylloceria  occidentals  Cress.,  Lampronota,  scutellaris  Cress., 
L.  tegularis  Cress.,  L.  amphimilcena  n.  sp.,  L.  frigida  Cress.,  L.  inter- 
pellata  n.  sp.,  L.  pictiventris  n.sp.,  L.  breviventris  n.  sp.,  L.  Americana 
Cress.,  L.  imitatrix  n.sp.,  L.  rubrica  Cress.,  L.  nigrita  Walsh  (“belongs 
to  Arenetra  Holmgren”  Cress.),  Clypta  simplicipes  W alsh,  G.  tuberculi- 
frons  Walsh,  G.  diversipes  n.  sp.,  G.  rufipluralis  n.sp.,  G.  rujiscutellaris 
Walsh,  bred  from  gall  on  solidago  inhabited  by  Euryptychia  saligneana 
and  another  micro,  G.  albiscutellaris  n.  sp.,  G.  longiventris  Walsh,  G. 


HYMENOPTERA. 


3 


ruficornis  n.  sp.,  G.  scitula  Cress.,  Pimpla  melanocephala  Brulle  (“  be¬ 
longs  to  Tlieronia  Holmgren”  Cress.),  P.  pedalis  Cress.,  P.  pterelas 
Say,  P.  annulipes  Brulle,  P.  pictipes  n.  sp.,  P.  annul icornis  Walsh,  P. 
(Cryptus)  conquisitor  Say,  P.  inquisitor  Say,  P.  scriptifrons  Walsh, 
P.  vidua  n.  sp.,  P.  coelebs  n.sp.  (==  $  inquisitor  Cress.),  P?  indagatrix 
Walsh,  P.  investigatrix  n.  sp.,  P.  alboricta  Cress.,  Polysphinctanigriceps 
n.  sp..  P.  nigrita  n.  sp.,  P.  pimploides  n.  sp.,  Exetastes  suaveolens  n.  sp., 
E.  fascipennis  Cress.,  Leptobatus  lllinoiensis  n.  sp.,  Arotes  (Acmnitus) 
dccorus  Say,  S.  Ill.,  A.  amoenus  Cress.,  Acoenites  Iiupinsulensis  Walsh; 
he  refers  A.  stigmaterus  Say  to  Xijlon  in  us,  and  A.  decorus  Say  to 
Arotes;  Pkytodietus  vulgaris  Cress.,  P.  distinctus  Cress.,  Cryptocentrus 
n.  g.  (Tryphon?)  submarginatus  Cress.,  Xylonomus  albopictus  Cress., 
X.  stigmapterus  Say,  Echthrus  annulicornis  n.  sp.,  Labena  grallator 
(Say ),Odontomerus  (Anomalon)  mellipes  Say. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Can.  Ent.,  51)  describes  as  new  Microdus  imitatus, 
Mass.,  M.  simillimus,  N.  J.,  Penn.,  Ill.,  M.  calcaratus,  Del.,  M.  divisus, 
Ill.,  M.  agilis,  Mass.,  M.  discolor,  M. palleus,  Ill.,  M.  laticinctus ,  Missouri, 
M.  cinctus,  Ill.,  M.  annulipes,  Mass.,  Penn.,  Ill.,  M.  larinoides,  Mass.  Ill., 
Earinus  limitaris  Say,  Canada,  Mass.  Penn.,  Va.,  and  Ill.  On  p.  60, 
he  gives  a  synopsis  of  the  species  of  Toxoneuron  and  describes  as  new 
Toxoneuroncethiops,  Cordova,  Mex.,  T.  minutum  Ill  ,  T.  Orizabce,  Orizaba, 
Mex.,  T.  explorator  (Say),  Ill.,  Texas,  T.  Mexicanum ,  Cordova,  Mex., 
T.  apicale ,  Ill.,  T.  tibiator  (Say),  Ill.,  T.  thoracicum,  Cordova,  Mex., 
T.  abdominale ,  Ill.,  T.  seminigrum,  Colorado,  T.  viator  Say,  Arizona, 
T .  ornatum  Cordova,  Mex.,  Proterops  Californicus,  California;  on  p. 
82,  he  gives  a  synopsis  of  the  species  of  Eelcon,  and  describes  as  new 
II.  borealis,  Maine,  II.  albitards,  Va.,  Ill.,  H.  frigidus ,  Hudson’s  Bay, 
Vancouver  Is.,  H.  Americanus,  Canada,  Va.,  H.  pedalis,  Hudson’s  Bay, 
Mass. 

Unless  otherwise  stated  the  species  probably  came  from  northern 
Illinois,  though  no  locality  except  ‘‘North  America”  is  given  in  the 
title  or  elsewhere. 

CHALCIDIDJE. 

W.  Saunders  (Report  Ent.  Soc.  Ontario,  Can.,  14)  notices  Isosoma 
vitis  and  its  ravages  in  Iowa. 

CYNIPID.ZE, 

H.  E.  Bassett  (Can.  Ent.,  91)  states*  that  Cynips  q.  operator  is  double 
brooded ;  thirty  of  one  brood  of  females  ovipositing  in  the  buds  of 
the  oak,  and  again  some  of  a  second  brood  ovipositing  in  the  young 
acorns  of  Quercus  ilicifolia.  From  these  and  other  facts  he  infers  “that 
all  our  species  that  are  found  only  in  the  female  sex  are  represented  in 
another  generation  by  both  sexes,  and  that  the  two  broods  are,  owing 


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RHOPALOCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


to  seasonal  differences,  produced  from  galls  that  are  entirely  distinct 
from  each  other.” 

TENTHREDINIDJE. 

B.  D.  Walsh  (Trans.  Acad.  Sc.  St.  Louis,  iii,  65)  redescribes  at 
length  Hylotomci  scutellata  Say,  H.  coccinea ??  Fabr.,  II.  dulciana  Say, 
and  H.  calcanea  Say.  As  no  localities  are  given  the  specimens  proba¬ 
bly  occurred  in  Illinois. 

W.  Saunders  (Report  Ent.  Soc.  Ontario,  Can.  24)  notices  Emphytus 
maculatus  Norton. 

- (Can.  Ent.  101)  describes  the  habits,  egg,  larva  at  dif¬ 
ferent  ages,  and  cocoon  of  Selandria  rubi  Harris. 

F.  Walker  (Can.  Ent.,  77)  notices  some  of  our  species  of  Sirex 
and  Tremex. 

A.  Fitch  (12th  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  N.  Y.  1868,  908)  gives  an  account  of 
the  habits  and  larva  of  Pristophora  rufipes  St.  Farg.  ?  and  Nematus 
trimaculatus  St.  Farg.  (=  N.  ventricosus.) 


RHOPALOCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 

H.  Edwards  (Proc.  Cal.  Acad.  Sci.,  v,  161-172) 
in  his  Pacific  Coast  Lepidoptera  gives  notes  on  the  trans¬ 
formations  and  food-plants  of  the  Diurnal  Lepidoptera  of 
California  and  the  adjacent  districts,  and  asks  the  assist¬ 
ance  of  all  who  can  aid  him  in  studying  the  species  of  the 
West  Coast. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Descriptions  of  Diurnal  Lepidop¬ 
tera  found  within  the  United  States,  Trans.  Amer.  Ent. 
Soc.,  v,  343-8)  describes  six  butterflies,  mostly  from 
Arizona. 

- (Can.  Ent.  v,  8-10)  offers  some  Re¬ 
marks  on  changes  in  names  of  certain  butterflies  in  op¬ 
position  to  the  views  of  Scudder. 

- (Can.  Ent.  v,  21-36)  in  "some  Re¬ 
marks  on  Entomological  Nomenclature,”  discusses  the 
rules  of  Nomenclature  adopted  by  the  British  Association, 


RHOPALOCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


5 


as  they  apply  especially  to  the  publications  of  Staudinger, 
Ivirby  and  Scudder  on  Lepidoptera.  He  quotes  largely 
from  entomological  writers  who  have  paid  more  or  less 
attention  to  this  branch  of  the  subject,  and  urges  the 
adoption  of  an  amended  code. 

-  -  (Can.  Ent.  v,  223-5)  gives  "notes  on 

the  early  stages  of  some  of  our  butterflies,”  from  ex¬ 
periments  in  the  field. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.  v,  62-3,  143-5)  continues 
his  observations  "  on  Mr.  Scudder’s  systematic  revision  of 
some  of  the  American  butterflies,”  restricting  his  remarks 
mainly  to  the  genera. 

-  -  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  advance 

sheets  of  part  iv)  records  the  butterflies  obtained  by  W. 
Couper  at  Anticosti. 

- (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  426)  gives 

a  list  of  the  species  described  by  Mr.  Robinson  and  him¬ 
self,  adding  a  few  synonymical  remarks. 

C.  J.  Maynard  (Amer.  Nat.  vii,  177-8)  describes  the 
habits  of  gregarious  butterflies  at  Key  West,  principally 
Danais  Berenice ,  Agraulis  vanillce  and  Pieris  Monusle. 

T.  L.  Mead  (Can.  Ent.  v,  18)  inveighs  against  Scud¬ 
der’s  use  of  the  generic  name  Papilio. 

-  - - (Can.  Ent.  v,  80)  suggests  sugaring  for 

butterflies. 


- - (Can.  Ent.  v,  108-9)  writes  in  general 

terms  upon  "our  specific  nomenclature”  of  butterflies,  in 
opposition  to  the  views  of  Mr.  Morrison. 

H.  K.  Morrison  (Can.  Ent.  v,  70-1)  discusses  in  gen¬ 
eral  terms  the  specific  nomenclature  of  butterflies,  favor¬ 
ing  a  strict  adherence  to  the  law  of  priority. 

- (Can.  Ent.  v,  166-8)  discusses  "the 

law  of  priority  in  nomenclature”  with  special  reference 
to  Lepidoptera. 


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RIIOPALOOEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


C.  V.  Riley  (Amer.  Nat.  vii,  513-21)  opposes  Mrs. 
Treat’s  conclusion  that  starved  caterpillars  produce  males, 
and  overfed  caterpillars  females,  showing  by  his  own  ex¬ 
periments  that  the  opposite  was  sometimes  or  generally 
the  case.  He  admits  that  the  female  requires  more  nour¬ 
ishment  than  the  male,  but  denies  that  sex  is  not  deter¬ 
mined  in  the  egg  of  insects. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Amer.  Nat.  vii,  490)  records  the  oc¬ 
currence  of  ocelli  in  some  species  of  the  Hesperid  genus 
Lerema,  the  first  instance  known  among  butterflies. 

- —  -  republishes  Htibner’s  "Tentamen,”  in 

which  the  butterflies  (Phalanx  I,  Papiliones)  are  divided 
into  two  tribes,  Nymphales  and  Gentiles,  the  former  into 
eight  generic  groups,  each  with  a  type  annexed,  as  fol¬ 
lows  :  Nereis  Polymnia ,  Limnas  Chrysippus,  Lemonias 
Maturna,  Dry  as  Papilla,  Hamadryas  Jo,  JVajas  populi, 
Potamis  Iris  and  Oreas  Proserpina;  the  Gentiles  into 
five :  Dusticus  Argus,  Princeps  Macliaon,  Mancipium 
brassicce,  Consul  Fabius  and  Urbanus  malvce . 

H.  Strecker  (Lepidoptera,  Rhopaloceres  and  Hetero- 
ceres,  indigenous  and  exotic,  4to,  Reading,  Pa.)  has  com¬ 
menced  a  serial  illustrated  work  on  general  Lepidoptera, 
each  part  consisting  of  about  eight  pages  of  text  and  a 
colored  plate  of  butterflies  or  moths,  fairly  executed  and 
crowded  with  figures ;  alternate  (even)  parts  appearing 
at  intervals  of  three  or  four  months,  are  devoted  to  but¬ 
terflies  ;  three  such  parts  have  appeared  during  the  year, 
but  occasional  notes  on  butterflies  appear  in  the  other  parts 
and  also  in  the  first  number,  omitted  in  the  "Record”  of 
last  year. 

Mary  Treat  (Amer.  Nat.  vii,  129-32)  in  an  article  on 
"Controlling  sex  in  butterflies,”  relates  her  experience  in 
overfeeding  and  underfeeding  caterpillars  of  Papilio  As- 
terias ,  Vanessa  Antiopa  (and  Dryocampa  rubicunda )  ; 


EHOPALOCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


7 


the  nearly  uniform  result  was  that  the  former  process  pro¬ 
duced  females,  the  latter  males.  "It  would  seem  then,” 
to  use  her  own  words,  "that  sex  is  not  determined  in  the 
egg  of  insects  and  that  the  female  requires  more  nourish¬ 
ment  than  the  male.” 

NYMPHALES. 

H.  Edwards  (Proc.  Calif.  Acad.  Sci.  v,  16(5-172)  describes  the 
caterpillar  and  chrysalis  of  Danais  Archippus,  Melitcea  Chalcedon, 
M.  Editha ,  M.  pallet,  Phyciodes  Mylitta,  Grapta  Satyr  us,  G.  Zephyrus, 
Vanessa  Antiopa,  V.  Milberti,  Pyrameis  Huntera ,  P.  cardui ,  P.  Ata- 
lanta  and  Junonia  Coenia  and  the  chrysalis  of  Limenitis  Lorqnini  and 
L.  Calif ornica. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.  iv,  343)  describes  Satyrus 
Wheeleri  $  nov.  sp.,  found  in  the  Rocky  Mountains. 

- (Can.  Ent.  v,  9-10)  discusses  the  synonymy  of  the 

northern  species  of  Danais,  for  which  he  would  retain  the  name  of 
Danais  Archippus ,  because  it  “  has  been  generally  known  and  written 
of  and  figured  under  that  name.”  He  also  objects  to  the  restoration 
of  the  earlier  name  Astyanax  for  Lwienitis  Ursula,  because  the  Asty- 
anax  of  Fabricius’  day  was  duplicated  in  the  genus  Papilio  of  that 
time;  further  he  “does  not  allow”  that  Proserpina  is  a  variety  of 
Ursula. 

- (Can.  Ent.  v,  184)  records  experiments  proving  that 

Grapta  Dryas  and  G.  comma  are  dimorphic  forms  of  one  species. 
He  proposes  to  call  the  species  comma,  one  form  Dryas  and  the  other 
Harrisii. 

- (Can.  Ent.  v,  224-5)  gives  his  experience  in  at¬ 
tempting  to  raise  Phyciodes  Tliaros  and  P.  Nycteis  from  the  egg;  suc¬ 
cessfully,  in  the  latter  case  only.  The  egg  cluster  and  larvae  of  the 
latter  are  described. 

-  -  (Can.  Ent.  v,  232-3)  believes  that  Limenitis  Pros¬ 
erpina  and  Artliemis  will  be  found  to  be  dimorphic  forms  of  one 
species.  He  founds  this  opinion  on  their  common  size  and  form,  and 
their  uniform  association  in  life. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.  v,  62-3,  143-4)  defends  the  use  of  the  gen¬ 
eric  names  GSneis,  Enodia,  Minois,  Apatura,  Aglais,  Vanessa,  Juno¬ 
nia,  Euptoieta,  and  Scudder’s  divisions  of  frittillaries  ;  also,  qualifiedly, 
the  genera  Argus  and  Megisto.  He  thinks  Grapta  should  be  retaiued 
for  Polygonia  “on  general  grounds;”  objects  to  Scudder’s  use  of 
Papilio  and  proposes  the  name  Scudderia  for  the  Papilio  Antiopa  of 
Linne.  He  further  claims  that  plexippus  should  be  restored  to 
Danais  Archippus,  and  believes  that  Basilarchia  Proserpina  is  a  dis- 


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RHOPALOCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


tinct  species,  but  suggests  “that  we  have  possibly  to  do  with  a  race 
of  Arthemis.” 

A.  R.  Grote  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  179)  records  Argus  Eury- 
dice  from  N.  York. 

- - (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  advance  sheets  of  pt.  iv) 

records  Vanessa  Atalanta,  Argynnis  Atlantis  and  Phyciodes  Tharos 
from  Anticosti. 

C.  V.  Riley  (5th  Report  Ins.  Miss.,  145-9)  describes  the  egg  and 
the  larval  stages  of  Papliia  gly cerium ,  with  woodcuts  of  the  latter; 
he  discusses  the  food-plant,  the  life  history,  mode  of  hibernation  and 
parasites  of  the  insect. 

-  -  (Trans.  Acad.  Sci.  St.  Louis,  iii,  193-208)  gives  a  very 

full  account  of  the  life  history  of  Apatura  Lycaon  and  A.  Herse ,  with 
descriptions  of  all  their  early  stages  and  remarkably  good  woodcuts 
of  eggs,  caterpillars,  chrysalides  and  butterflies  of  each  species,  to¬ 
gether  with  enlarged  views  of  the  heads  of  the  caterpillar  of  each 
moult,  in  all  thirty-three  figures.  The  difference  in  the  outline  of  the 
wings  is  happily  illustrated  by  a  simple  outline  of  the  border  of  the 
female  outside  the  full  sketch  of  the  smaller  male.  Remarks  on  the 
synonymy  of  the  species  are  given. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.  v,  4-8)  gives  a  popular  account  of  Danais 
Archippus  with  illustrations  of  the  different  stages. 

H.  Strecker  (Lepidoptera,  part  i,  1872)  states  that  he  possesses  four 
specimens  of  Vanessa  Lintnerii. 

- (Lepidoptera,  part  ii)  makes  some  remarks  on  the 

synonymy  of  Eresia  Yorita. 

-  - (Lepidoptera,  part  iii)  remarks  on  the  synonymy  of 

Eresia  Sydra. 

- (Lepidoptera,  part  iv)  describes  and  figures  Chic- 

nobas  TJhleri ,  Satyrus  Riding sii,  Satyrus  Sthenele  and  Satyrus  Iloff- 
mani ,  nov.  sp.  or  var.  from  Nevada. 

RURALES. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.  iv)  describes  Lemonias 
Cythera ,  nov.  sp.  (p.  345)  from  Arizona,  Thecla  Crysalus,  nov.  sp.  (p. 
344)  froih  Lake  Paso  and  Lyccena  Melissa ,  nov.  sp.  (p.  346)  from  Colo¬ 
rado,  Nevada  and  Arizona. 

-  -  (Can.  Ent.  v,  223-4)  gives  his  experience  in  ob¬ 
taining  eggs  from  the  female  of  Theda  Poeas  and  Lyccena  pseudargi- 
olus,  and  describes  all  the  earlier  stages  of  the  former. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.  v,  144)  argues  that  Calephelis  should  be 
retained  for  the  species  placed  by  Scudder  in  Polysticlitis,  on  the 
ground  that  the  latter  should  be  retained  for  the  S.  American  forms 
placed  by  Hiibner  in  this  group. 


RHOPALOCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


9 


A.  R.  Grote  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.  i,  178-9)  describes  Callicista 
ocellifera ,  nov.  gen.  et  spec.,  from  New  York. 

- (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.  i,  advance  sheets  of  pt.  4) 

describes  Glaucopsyche  Couperi ,  nov.  sp.,  from  Anticosti.  He  also 
records  Cyaniris  Lucia  from  the  same  place. 

C.  J.  Maynard  (Amer.  Nat.  vii,  178)  describes  Lyccena  modesta, 
nov.  sp.,  from  Florida. 

H.  K.  Morrison  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.  i,  advance  sheets  of  pt. 
4)  describes  Lyccena  pseudofea ,  nov.  sp.  and  Lyccena  Cassius,  var.  Flo- 
ridensis,  nov.  var.,  both  from  Key  West;  he  also  states  that  Lyccena 
modesta  belongs  to  Thecla. 

H.  Strecker  (Lepidoptera,  pt.  ii)  makes  some  remarks  on  the  con¬ 
fusion  which  he  thinks  exists  between  Lyccena  Helloides ,  L.  Castro  and 
L.  Ianthe. 

PAPILIONIDJE. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.  v,  37-9)  gives  a  popular  account  and 
woodcuts  of  Fieris  oleracea  and  (ib.  41-3)  of  Fieris  rapes  and  F.  Pro¬ 
todice. 

- (Can.  Ent.  v,  139)  records  the  extension  of  Fieris 

rapee  to  Port  Hope,  Ontario. 

E.  B.  Caulfield  (Can.  Ent.  v.  59)  gives  his  experience  in  rearing  the 
yellow  variety  of  Pieris  rapee. 

Editor  Nat.  Canadien  (Nat.  Can.  v,  125-7,  149-50)  gives  an  ac¬ 
count  of  the  Pteromalus  parasitic  on  Pieris  rapee. 

H.  Edwards  (Proc.  Cal.  Acad.  Sci.  v,  162-166)  describes  the 
caterpillar  and  chrysalis  of  Papilio  Philenor,  P.  Zolicaon,  P.  JLsterias, 
P.  Eurymedon,  Colias  Eurytheme,  and  Terias  Nicippe  and  the  chrysalis 
of  Papilio  Rutulus  and  Neophasia  Menapia. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Can.  Ent.  v,  8-9)  objects  to  the  use  of  Polyxenes 
for  Papilio  Asterias,  although  acknowledging  that  it  is  the  older  of 
the  two  names  used  by  Fabricius.  He  also  urges  the  undesirability  o 
applying  the  name  Glaucus  to  the  species  usually  known  as  Papilio 
Turnus,  because  the  former  name  has  hitherto  been  used  for  the  black 
female  only. 

- (Can.  Ent.  v,  153-4)  describes  some  of  the  distin¬ 
guishing  characters  of  Papilio  brevicauda. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.  i,  advance  sheets  of  pt.  iv) 
describes  Ganoris  oleracea ,  var.  borealis ,  nov.  var.  from  Anticosti, 
and  offers  some  remarks  on  Papilio  brevicauda  taken  at  the  same  place. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent  v.  221-3)  gives  the  history,  describes  the 
various  stages  and  figures  the  wings  $  and  $  of  Colias  Philodice. 

H.  Strecker  (Lepidoptera,  part  ii)  describes  and  figures  Papilio 
Indra,  P.  Anticostiensis ,  nov.  sp.  from  Anticosti,  P.  Pilumnus  and 
Pieris  Menapia.  He  also  offers  synonymical  remarks  on  Papilio  Bur- 

2 


P.  A.  S. 


10  HETEROCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 

tonii,  P.  Caleli  and  Colias  Semperi  and  gives  notes  by  W.  Couper  on 
the  flight  and  habits  of  P.  Anticostiensis. 

H.  Strecker  (Lepidoptera,  pt.  iv)  describes  and  figures  Papilio 
Eurymedon,  P.  Marchandii  and  Colias  Dimera. 

- (Lepidoptera,  pt.  vi)  describes’  and  figures  Papilio 

Daunus,  P.  Zolicaon ,  P.  asteroides ,  Anthocaris  lanceolata ,  and  A.  Julia. 
He  also  expresses  his  belief  (p.  46)  that  Papilio  Aliaska  is  not  dis¬ 
tinct  from  P.  Machaon ,  and  describes  (p.  49)  the  egg  and  caterpillar 
of  P.  Anticostiensis. 

URBICOL^E. 

G.  M.  Dodge  (Can.  Ent.  v,  60)  states  that  the  insect  formerly  de¬ 
scribed  by  him  as  Hesperia  Illinois  is  identical  with  H.  Acanootus. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.  iv,  346)  describes  Hesperia 
Chusca  nov.  sp.  and  H.  Yuma  nov.  sp.  from  Arizona. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.  i,  advance  sheets  of  pt.  iv) 
records  Cyclopides  Mandan  from  Anticosti. 

H.  K.  Morrison  (Can.  Ent.  v,  164)  gives  some  “notes  on  an  inter¬ 
esting  specimen  of  Pamphila  Zabulon.” 

H.  Strecker  (Lepidoptera,  pt.  i,  1872)  believes  that  Hesperia  Poca¬ 
hontas  is  a  “melanotic  female  variety”  of  H.  Hohomok. 

P.  C.  Zeller  (in  Grote,  Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.  i,  168)  says  tha 
Hesperia  communis  is  called  H.  albovittata  in  the  Berlin  Museum. 


HETEROCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 

P.  C.  Zeller  (Verhandlungen  der  K.  K.  Zool.  Botan. 
Gesellschaft  in  Wien,  1872,  447-566 ;  1873,  1-134). 
Beitrage  zur  Kenntniss  der  Nordamerikanischen  Nachfal- 
ter,  besonders  der  Microlepidopteren.  With  four  plates. 
The  species  are  almost  entirely  from  Texas,  collected  by 
Messrs.  Boll  and  Belfrage,  and  the  types  belong  to  the 
Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 

- and  I.  Boll  (Ent.  Zeitung,  Stettin,  201) . 

Nordamerikanische  Tineen. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  1).  De¬ 
scription  of  New  North  American  Moths. 


HETEROCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


11 


A.  K.  Grote  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  17).  Cat¬ 
alogue  of  the  Sphingidye  of  North  America. 

-  - -  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  29).  Cat¬ 
alogue  of  the  Zygaenidye  of  North  America. 

— — - (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  37).  Con¬ 

clusions  drawn  from  a  Study  of  the  Genera  Hypena  and 
Herminia. 

- -  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  73).  Con¬ 
tributions  to  a  Knowledge  of  North  American  Moths. 

- —  -  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  95).  A 

Study  of  North  American  Noctuidye. 

-  -  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  129). 

Descriptions  of  Noctuidye,  principally  from  California. 

- - (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  156). 

On  the  North  American  Geometridye  in  the  Collection  of 
the  British  Museum. 

-  -  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  168). 

Kleiner  Beitrag  zur  Kenntniss  einiger  Nordamerikanischer 
Lepidoptera. 

- (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  175). 

Description  of  the  genera  Argyrophyes  and  Condylolomia 
and  of  a  species  of  DeuteroIIyta. 

- (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  180). 

Description  of  three  Genera  of  Noctuidye  1 

-  - (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  183).  On 

Wallengren’s  "Lepidoptera  Scandinaviye  Heterocera  dis- 
posita  et  descripta,”  a  criticism  with  reference  to  the 
Sphingidye. 

- (Can.  Ent.,  v,  161).  On  the  genus 

Catocala. 

- (Can.  Ent.,  v,  225).  Description  of 


new  Deltoids. 


12 


HETEROCEROUS  LERIDOPTERA. 


A.  Fitch.  Twelfth  and  Fourteenth  Annual  Rep.  Ins. 
N.  Y.,  1868,  1872.* 

H.  Edwards  (Proc.  Cal.  Acad.  Sci.,  v,  109).  Pacific 
Coast  Lepidoptera.  No.  1,  Description  of  some  new  or 
imperfectly  known  Heterocera.  No.  3,  Notes  on  some 
Zygienidae  and  Bombycidae  of  Oregon  and  British  Colum¬ 
bia,  with  descriptions  of  new  species. 

H.  Strecker.  Lepidoptera,  Rhopaloceres  and  Hetero- 
ceres,  indigenous  and  exotic,  etc.  3,  5,  7. 

B.  P.  Mann  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xv,  381). 
Anisopteryx  vernata  distinguished  from  A.  jpometaria. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Trans.  Acad.  Sci.  St.  Louis,  iii,  55, 
178).  On  a  new  genus  in  the  Lepidopterous  Family 
Tineidae,  with  Remarks  on  the  Fertilization  of  Yucca, 
with  supplementary  note,  178,  with  illustrations.  In  this 
paper  it  is  shown  that  Yucca  jpuberula  or  Y.  glauca  is 
solely  fertilized  by  Pronuba  yuccasella  Riley,  which  ovi¬ 
posits,  he  thinks,  but  has  not  detected  the  insect  in  the 
act,  within  the  fruit.  With  her  maxillary  palpi,  modified 
for  the  purpose,  the  female  collects  the  pollen  in  large 
pellets,  and  thus  laden  clings  to  the  top  of  the  pistil, 
bends  her  head,  thrusts  her  tongue  into  the  stigmatic 
nectary  and  brings  the  pollen  mass  right  over  its  mouth, 
thus  fertilizing'  the  plant.  The  paper  includes  full  de¬ 
scriptions  of  the  larva,  pupa  and  adult.  See  also  Fifth 
Ann.  Rep.  Missouri,  150. 

- Fifth  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious, 

Beneficial  and  other  Insects  of  the  State  of  Missouri. 

- (Can.  Nat.,  109).  Notes  on  Uyperchiria 

Io  (Fabr.). 


*  These  and  the  tenth  and  eleventh  Reports  have  been  overlooked  in  the  prep¬ 
aration  of  these  records.  They  contain  descriptions  and  biological  notes  on  in¬ 
sects  of  all  orders  since  1867.  » 


HETEROCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


13 


A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  Third  Annual  Report  on  the  In¬ 
jurious  and  Beneficial  Insects  of  Massachusetts. 

- (Fifth  Rep.  Peab.  Acad.  Sci.).  De¬ 
scriptions  of  new  American  Phalaenidae. 

-  -  (Fifth  Rep.  Peab.  Acad.  Sci.).  Notes 

on  North  American  Moths  of  the  Families  Phalaenidte 
and  Pyralidse  in  the  British  Museum. 

-  -  (Ann.  Lyc.  N.  Y.,  x,  257).  Catalogue 

of  the  Pyralidse  of  California,  with  descriptions  of  new 
Californian  Pterophoridae. 

-  -  (Ann.  Lyc.  N.  Y.,  x,  267).  Notes 

on  some  Pyralidae  from  New  England,  with  remarks  on 
the  Labrador  species  of  this  family. 

• - (Amer.  Nat.,  vii,  453).  On  the 

Distribution  of  Californian  Moths.  The  Californian  in¬ 
sect  fauna  consists  of  three  assemblages,  one  circumpo¬ 
lar,  one  indigenous  and  a  third  derived  from  Mexico. 
The  indigenous  is  unlike  that  of  northeastern  Asia,  and 
adopting  the  suggestions  of  Profs.  Gray  and  Lesquereux, 
the  forms  peculiar  to  California  and  Oregon  are  supposed 
to  have  been  derived,  like  the  fossil  plants,  from  an  Arctic 
tertiary  continent  of  which  Greenland  and  Spitzbergen  are 
the  remains.  The  descendants  of  the  Tertiary  Arctic  in¬ 
sect  fauna  have  survived  in  Europe  and  America,  and 
climatic  and  other  circumstances  have  caused  the  preser¬ 
vation  of  certain  forms  in  California  and  Europe  and  their 
extinction  in  northeastern  America,  and  vice  versa. 

SPHINGID^E. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sci.,  i,  2),  after  remarking  on  tlie 
genus  Hemaris,  describes  as  new  II.  tenuis  (PI.  1,  fig.  6),  N.  Y.,  Penn., 
H.  marginalis  (PI.  2,  fig.  10),  and  notices  H.  Thetis  Grote,  H.  diffinis 
Grote,  H.  axillaris  Grote,  and  tabulates  the  American  species  of  Hce- 
morrhagia.  On  p.  17  he  gives  a  catalogue  of  the  Sphingidse  of  North 
America,  and  in  it  proposes  the  new  genus  Calasymbolus  for  Sphinx 
Astylus  Drury,  while  he  regards  Walker’s  Lapara  bombycoides  as  prob- 


14 


HETEROCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


ably  identical  with  EUema  Harrisii,  judging  by  a  drawing.  On  p.  183 
he  criticises  Wallengren’s  synonymy  of  certain  genera  of  this  family. 

H.  Edwards  (Proc.  Cal.  Acad.  Sci.,  v,  109)  describes  as  new  Sphinx 
perelegans ,  S.  oreodaphne,  S.  sequoias  Boisd.,  all  from  Cal.,  S.  Vancou¬ 
ver  ensis,  Vancouver  Is. 

H.  Strecker  (Lepidoptera,  51).  Monograph  of  the  known  species  of 
Smerinthus  in  North  America,  with  a  catalogue  and  synonymy,  with 
colored  lithographic  figures.  Descriptions  and  figures  are  given  of 
Smerinthus  Juglandi  Sm.  and  Abb.,  S.  pallens  n.  sp.,  PI.  vii,  fig.  140, 
Texas,  S.  exccecata  Sm.  and  Abb.,  S.  myops  Sm.  and  Abb.,  S.  Astylus 
Drury,  S.  geminatus  Say,  and  var.  Jamaicensis,  S.  ophthalmicus  Boisd., 
Cal.,  Wash.  Terr.,  Lake  Superior,  S.  Cerisyi  Kirby,  It.  I.,  Rupert 
House,  Br.  Amer.,  S.  modesta  Harr.  S.  hybridus  Westw.  (hybrid  be¬ 
tween  the  European  S.  ocellata  and  S.  populi),  Europe. 

W.  Saunders  (Rep.  Ent.  Soc.  Ont.  Can.,  10)  gives  a  popular  ac¬ 
count  of  the  habits  of  Thilampelus  Achemon,  and  Thyreus  Abbotii. 

T.  Glover  (Rep.  Dep.  Agric.,  164)  remarks  on  the  habits  of  Macro- 
sila  Carolina. 

JEGEBIADJE. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Rep.  Ent.  Soc.  Ont.  Can.,  44)  gives  a  popular  account 

of  JEgeria  exitiosa  Say. 

ZYGJENIDJE. 

A.  R.  Grote(Bu11.,  Bulf.  Soc.  Nat.  Sc.  i,  29),  in  his  catalogue  of  the 
North  American  species  of  this  family,  notices  in  a  note  certain  species 
of  Alypia,  and  proposes  Euctenucha  as  a  subgenus  of  Ctenucha. 

H.  Edwards  (Proc.  Cal.  Acad.  Nat.  Sc.  v,  iii)  describes  as  new 
Pseudalypia  (nov.  gen.)  Crotchii,  Cal.,  Ctenucha  Walsinghamii,  Ore¬ 
gon.  On  p.  183  records  Alypia  Sacramenti,  Dalles,  Oregon,  Lake  Ques- 
nelli,  Br.  Col.,  A.  Bidingsii  Grote,  Cariboo,  Br.  Col.,  and  an  undescribed 
Alypia  from  Br.  Col.,  Scepsis  Mattliewi ,  Vancouver  Is.,  Sarrothripa 
Columbiana ,  Victoria,  Vancouver  Is. 

BOMBYCID2E. 

H.  Edwards  (Proc.  Cal.  Acad.  Sc.  v,  112)  describes  as  new  Epialus 
modestus ,  Cal.  p.  188  Vancouver  Is.  On  p.  185  Lithosia  Candida ,  Victo¬ 
ria,  V.  I.,  Clemensia  irrorata  Victoria,  V.  I.,  and  records  Epicallia  vir- 
ginalis  Boisd.,  E.  guttata  G.  and  R.  from  Oregon  and  Vane.  Is.,  Arctia 
Americana  Harr.,  Victoria,  V.  I.,  A.  Achaia  Boisd.,  Oregon,  Leucarctia 
acrcea  Pack.,  Pyrrharctia  isabella  Pack.  Spilosoma  Virginica  Walk.,  Ily- 
pliantria  textor  Harr.,  Oregon,  Halesidota  Agassizii  Pack.,  H.  argentata 
Pack.,  Victoria,  V.  Is.,  and  Antarctic \  punctata  Pack.,  Oregon,  Phrag- 
matobia  fuliginosa,  Victoria,  V.  Is.,  Orgyia  badia  n.  sp.  last  described, 
Victoria,  V.  Is.,  Telea  Polyphemus  Hiibn.,  Victoria,  Van.  Is.,  Cal.,  Cape 


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HETEROCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA.  15 

.  St.  Lucas  and  San  Bias,  Mexico,  Pseudohazis  eglanterina  Boiscl.,  Van. 
Is.,  Br.  Col.,  Oregon,  Drepana  siculifer  Pack.,  Van.  Is. 

H.  Strecker  (Lepidoptera,  23)  gives  notes  on  the  synonymy  of  Arctia 
speciosa  Moschler  and  A.  Quenselii  Payk.  and  regards  Arctia  Ameri¬ 
cana  Harris  =  A.  caja  auct.  of  Europe. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (5th  Ann.  Rep.  Missouri,  127)  figures  and  describes  the 
transformations  of  Hemileuca  3Iaia  Drury,  Hyperchiria  Io  (Fabr.). 
See  also  p.  109,  and  Anisota  rubicunda  (Fabr.). 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Rep.  Ent.  Soc.  Ont.  Can.)  refers  to  Hyperchiria 
Io  (Fabr.). 

F.  B.  Reed  (Rep.  Ent.  Soc.  Ont.  Can.,  37)  refers  to  Dryocampa  rubi¬ 
cunda  (Fabr.),  Telea Polyphemus  Hiibner,  Platysamia  Cecropia  (Linn.). 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.  v,  75)  gives  a  popular  sketch  of  Pyrrharctia 
isabella. 

O.  S.  Westcott  (Can.  Ent.  v,  137)  gives  a  note  on  the  habits  of 
Pyrrharctia  isabella  and  states  that  he  has  bred  Ichneumon  signatipes 
Cress,  and  Trogus  obsidianator  Brulle  from  its  cocoons. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.  v,  228)  regards  Adelocephala  vaspa  Boisd.  as 
a  synonyme  of  A.  albolinea  G.  and  R. 

NOCTUTDJE. 

P.  C.  Zeller  (Yerh.  K.  K.  Zool.  bot.  Ges.  Wien.  1873,  3)  describes 
as  new  Agrophila  truncatida  (Taf.  iii,  fig.  1)  and  Metoponia  obtusula 
(Taf.  iii,  fig.  2)  from  Texas. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Bull.  Buf.  Soc.  Nat.  Sc.  i,  9)  describes  as  new  Leucania 
Harveyi  (PI.  1,  fig.  14)  N.  Y.,  L.  Henrici  (PI.  1,  fig.  15)  N.  Y.,  L.  evan- 
ida  (PL  1,  fig.  16)  N.  Y.  and  Caradrina  miranda,  N.  Y. 

- (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sc.  i,  76)  gives  a  list  of  the  North 

American  Noctuo-Bombycini,  with  taxonomical  remarks,  and  describes 
as  new  Acronycta  connecta ,  N.  Y.,  A.  ovata  (PL  2,  fig.  14  JO  Penn.,  A. 
sperata  (Pl.  2,  fig.  1  J)  N.  Y.  Penn.,  and  A.  insolita,  Penn.  He 
divides  Acronycta  into  several  subsections,  i.e.,  Tricena  Hii&n.,  Acro¬ 
nycta  Hiibn.,  Megacronycta  (new),  Apatela  Ochs.,  Lepitoreuma  (new),, 
and  Eulonche  (new).  He  describes  as  new  Agrotis  pitychrous  (Pl.  2, 
fig.  11  J)  N.  Y.,  C.  ericta  (Pl.  2,  fig.  18).  p.  96  Agrotis  auxiliaris ,  Col¬ 
orado,  A.  repentis  G.  and  R.,  A.  balanitis  (Pl.  3,  fig.  14)  Col.,  A.  atri- 
frons,  Col.,  A.  mimallonis ,  N.  Y.,  A.  fumalis ,  N.  Y.,  A.  herilis,  Atlantic 
District,  Ala.,  A.  saxatilis,  N.  Y.,  Col.,  JJfeus  (nov.  gen.)  satyricus  (Pl. 
3,  fig.  4  $),  Canada,  N.  Y.,  U.  plicatus ,  Penn.,  Mamestra  Farnhami 
(Pl.  3,  fig.  2  J)  Col.,  Dianthoecia  meditata,  N.  Y.,  Oncocnemis  Dayi  (PL. 
3,  fig.  8)  Col.,  0.  Hayesi  (Pl.  3,  fig.  13)  Col.,  0.  Chandleri  (Pl.  3,  fig.  9),. 
Col.,  Hadena  auranticolor,  Col.,  Ablepharon  (nov.  gen.)  for  Leucania 
Ilenrici  Grote,  Ommatostola  (nov.  gen.)  Lintneri,  N.  Y.,  Oucullia  Yose- 
mitee  (PL  3,  fig.  3)  Cal.  Xylina  sculpta  (Pl.  3,  fig.  1,  $  ),  N.  Y.,  Penn., 


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HETEROCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


Lygrantlioecia  G.  and  Rob.  (nov.  gen.)  marginata  (Harr.)  Mass,  to  Ala., 
Heliolonche  modicella  (PI.  3,  fig.  12)  Cal.,  Heliothis  mitis  (PI.  3,  fig.  7 
$)  H.  suetus  (PI.  3,  fig.  10  $)  Col.,  H.  persimilis  (PI.  3,  fig.  11,  $) 
Col.,  H.  pauxillus  (PL  3,  fig.  6,  J1)  Col.,  H.  atrites  Missouri;  refers 
Anthcecia  Spraguei  Gr.,  A.  lynx  Gr.,  A.  Packardii  Gr.,  A.  nobilis  Gr., 
A.  mortna  Gr.,  and  A.  jaguarinus  Gr.,  and  Noctua  nundina  Drury  to 
Heliothis;  Heliothis  Meadi  (PI.  3,  fig.  5)  Col.,  Argillophora  (nov.  gen.) 
furcilla  A  la.,  Harveya  (nov.  gen.)  auripennis  Kentucky,  Fla.,  Spiloloma 
(nov.  gen.)  lunilinea  West  Va. ;  p.  129,  he  records  Ilabrosyne  scripta 
from  Sitka,  Admetovis  (nov.  gen.)  oxymorus  (PI.  4,  fig.  5  $)  Califor¬ 
nia,  Colorado,  A.  Vancouver ensis  (PI.  4,  fig.  4,  Vancouver’s  Is.,  A. 
Wilsoni  (PI.  4,  fig.  3  $)  Cal.,  Ammoconia  badicollis  (PL  4,  fig.  18  $)  N. 
Y Pleonectopoda  (nov.  gen.)  Lewisi  (Pl.  4,  fig.  10  $)  Colorado,  Eups- 
ephopoectes  (nov.  gen.)  procinctus  (Pl.  4,  fig.  6)  Cal.,  Mamestra  char- 
taria  (Pl.  4,  fig.  12,  $),  31.  cuneata  (PL  4,  fig.  9,  $),  Cal.,  31.  niveigut- 
tata  (PL  4,  fig.  16  $)  31.  ( Dianthcecia ?)  leucogramma,  Cal.,  31.  (Dian- 
thcecia ?)  Vlineata  (Pl.  4,  fig.  15,  £)  Oncocnemis  Glennyi  (Pl.  4,  fig. 
17  $),  Col. ;  p.  142  refers  Gortyna  cataphracta  Gr.  to  Hydroecia,  Xylo- 
miges  curialis  Cal.  X.  patalis  (Pl.  4,  fig.  11  $),  Cal.;  on  p.  144  he 
refers  Xylina  sculpta  Gr.  and  X.  capax  Gr.  and  Rob.  to  Anytus  (nov. 
gen.) ;  Plusia  Pasiphceia  (Pl.  4,  fig.  1.  $),  Cal.,  Plusia  Putnami  (Pl.  4, 
fig.  2  N.  Y. ;  records  Plusia  Xi  from  Cal.  and  Ala.,  and  Alaria  Uor- 
ida  from  Nevada,  Heliothis  (Melicleptria)  celeris,  Cal.,  H.  (Melicleptria) 
diminutivus,  Cal.,  H.  (Melicleptria)  Calif ornicus,  Cal.,  Annapliila  (nov. 
gen.)  diva  (Pl.  4,  fig.  14  Cal.,  A.  depicta  (Pl.  4,  fig.  13  $  )  Cal., 
A.  dauistica  (Pl.  4,  fig.  7,  $)  Nevada,  Axenus  (nov.  gen.)  analis  (Pl. 
4,  fig.  8  Cal.,  Tarache  terminimaculata ,  N.  Y.,  T.  flavipennis  Cal.; 
records  Syneda  Howlandii,  Euclidia  cuspidea  (Hiibn.)  from  Cal.  and 
Drasteria  convalescens  Guen.  from  Cal.,  D.  erichto  Guen.  fromN.  Y.,  D. 
erichtea  Hiibn.  from  Cal.  and  Col. ;  D.  ccerulea ,  Cal. ;  on  p.  180  refers 
Phosphila  turbulenta,  Hiibn.  from  N.  Y.,  to  Hadena ;  describes  as  new 
Homohadena  for  Hadena  badistriga ,  Adipsophanes  (nov.  gen.)  miscel- 
lus,  Mass.,  N.  Y.,  Penn.,  Plagiomimicus  (nov.  gen.)  pityochromus ,  N. 
Y.,  Ala. 

- (Can.  Ent.  v,  161)  describes  as  new  Catocala  31eskei, 

N.  Y.,  C.  Arizonce,  Borders  of  Arizona  and  New  Mexico,  with  notes 
on  C.  junctura  Walk.,  C.  nebulosa,  C.  neogama,  C.parta ,  C.  nov.  var.  ? 
perplexa  Strecker,  and  C.  Walshii. 

H.  Ed  ards  (Proc.  Cal.  Acad.  Nat.  Sc.  v,  189)  records  Lacinia 
expultrix  Grote  from  near  Cariboo,  Br.  Col.,  Thyatira  derasa  Boisd., 
Alaska  and  Victoria  Is.,  Cymatophora  improvisa  n.  sp.,  Cascades, 
Wash.  Terr. 

H.  Strecker  (Lepidoptera  17)  figures  and  describes  Catocala  tristis 
Edw.,  C.  viduata  Guen.,  C.  lachrymosa  Guen.,  C.  obscura  n.  sp.  (PL  iii, 


HETEROCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


17 


fig.  4  J),  N.  Y.,  G.  relictci  Walk.,  G.  Briseis  Edw.,  G.  Faustina  n.  sp. 
(PI.  3,  fig.  8  $),  Arizona,  C.  coccinata  Grote,  Penn.,  C.  cerogama  Guen., 
C.  serena  Edw.,  Penn.,  C.  insolabilis  Guen.,  C.  desperata  Guen.,  C. 
subnata  Grote,  G.  neogama  (Abbot  &  Sm.),  G.  Glintonii  Grote,  G.  an - 
tinympha  Hiibn.,  G.  fratercula  G.  &  R.,  R.  Is.,  G.  unijuga  Walk.,  G. 
parta  Guen.,  feeds  on  Salix,  G.  perplexa  nov.  ?  var.  (PI.  v,  fig.  11  <£), 
N.  Y.,  G.  concumbens  Walk. 

W.  Saunders  (Rep.  Ent.  Soc.,  Ont.,  Can.,  23)  gives  a  popular  ac¬ 
count  of .Acronycta  oblinita  Sm.  &  Abb. 

- (Can.  Ent.,  10)  describes  the  larva  of  Plusia  balluca. 

-  -  (Can.  Ent.  v,  206)  describes  the  larva  of  Gosmia 

orina  Guen. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Rep.  Ent.  Soc.,  Ont.,  Can.,  32)  gives  a  popular 
account  of  Plusia  balluca  Geyer. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Rep.  Ent.  Soc.,  Out.,  Can.,  41)  gives  a  popular  account 
of  Apatela  Americana  Harr.,  and  Ophiura  bistriasis  (Hiibn.)  which 
feeds  on  maple. 

F.  B.  Caulfield  (Can.  Ent.  v,  155)  records  Erebus  odora  (Cram.) 
from  Montreal,  Can. 

L.  A.  Dodge  (Amer.  Nat.  vii,  213)  gives  an  account  of  the  habits 
of  Anomis  xylina  in  South  Carolina. 

N.  Coleman  (Amer.  Nat.  vii,  372)  gives  some  new  facts  regarding 
the  habits  of  the  cut  worm. 

T.  Glover  (Rep.  Dep.  Agric.,  497)  remarks  on  the  injury  done  by 
Anomis  xylina. 

A.  Fitch,  Twelfth  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  N.  Y.  (N.  Y.  State  Agricultural 
Society,  900,  1868)  describes  the  habits  and  larva  of  Maria  Florida 
Guen.,  and  describes  as  new  A.  volupia  from  Indian  Terr. 

PHAL^ENIDAS. 

P.  C.  Zeller  (Abhand.  K.  K.  Zool.  Bot.,  Gesellschaft,  Vienna,  1872, 
477)  redescribes  Acidalia  purata  Guen.,  Texas,  and  describes  as  new 
A.  ferruminaria,  Euchrostis phyllinctria,  Nemoria  oporaria New  England, 
Epione  mollicularia ,  Macaria  consimilata ,  Mass.,  M.  galbineata,  Mass., 
M.  succosata,  Mass.,  and  redescribes  M.  ocellinata  and  M.  cemulataria 
Walk.,  Fidonia  halesaria  (==F.  Jimetaria  Grote),  Sudariophora  (nov. 
gen.)  nasutaria  (Tab.  ii,  fig.  11),  Boarmia  psilo-grammaria,  Gidaria 
bistriolata ;  notices  Gidaria  designata  Bkh.  ( Goremia  propugnata 
Guen.)  and  Gidaria  (Camptogramma)  fluviata  (Hbn.),  G.  ferrugata 
(Linn.)  and  describes  as  new  G.  parinotata,  all  the  species  from  Texas 
unless  some  other  locality  is  given.  The  same  for  1873,  p.  5,  G.  lus- 
cinata,  n.  sp.  Mass,  and  Texas. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Bull.  Buf.  Soc.  Nat.  Sc.  i,  12)  describes  as  new  Pha- 
siane  mellistrigata ,  N.  Y.,  and  Mellilla  (nov.  gen.)  chamcechrysaria 


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HETEROCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


(PL  i,  fig.  1  d),  N.  Y.  On  p.  156  remarks  on  the  synonymy  of  certain 
species  of  this  family. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.  v,  145)  states  that  as  Hiibner  has  once  used 
Eugonia  for  the  butterflies,  it  cannot  again  be  used  for  Phalsenidae, 
and  proposes  for  Eugonia  Coloradaria  and  the  European  E.  angularia 
the  generic  term  Eriplatymetia. 

P.  C.  Zeller  (Ent.  Zeitung,  Stettin,  124)  speaks  of  receiving  a  male 
of  Cheimatobia  brumata  Linn.,  from  Dr.  Packard,  under  the  name  of 

Anisopteryx  remota.* 

B.  P.  Mann  (Proc.  B.  S.  Nat.  H.  xv,  381)  endeavors  to  prove  the 
specific  distinction  of  Anisopteryx  pometaria  Harr.,  from  A.  vernata 
Pack. 

W.  Saunders  (Rep.  Ent.  Soc.,  Can.,  22)  refers  to  Angerona  croca- 
taria  Guen. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Rep.  Ent.  Soc.,  Can.,  43)  quotes  Saunders’  account  of 

Stegania  pustularia  Guen. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Fifth  Rep.  Peab.  Acad.  Sc.,  52)  describes  as 
new  Carsia  alpinata ,  C.  boreata ,  Gidaria  disjunctaria,  G.  triangulata,  C. 
montanata,  White  Mts.,  N.  H.,  G.  (Thera)  contractata ,  Lobophora  viri- 
data,  Maine,  Eupithecia  vernata ,  Maine,  Mass.,  N.  Y.,  E.  geminata, 
Maine,  Mass.,  E.  palpata,  Maine,  N.  Y.,  E.  interrupto-fasciata,  Mass., 
N.  Y.,  Texas,  E.  Strattonata ,  Mass.,  Scotosia  albosignata,  N.  Car., 
Geo.,  Ala.,  Texas,  Pachycnemia  psi,  Mass.,  Aspilates  pervaria ,  Texas, 
Aspilates  4-fasciaria,  Kansas,  Macaria  S-signata,  M.  punctolineata,  M. 
pallidata ,  Texas,  M.  multilineata ,  Mass.,  M.  duplicata ,  Maine,  Mass., 
N.  Y.,  Ill.,  Ala.  (  =  M.  ocellinata,  Guen.),  31.  minorata,  Mass.,  Euma- 
caria  brunneata,  Maine,  Mass.,  N.  Y.,  Texas,  Gorycia  biseriata,  Gonia- 
cidalia  (gen.  nov.)  furciferata ,  Euacidalia  (gen.  nov.)  sericearia, 
Acidalia  peralbata,  A.  puncto-Jimbriata,  A.  longipennata ,  A.  perirrorata, 
all  from  Texas,  A.  candidata,  Georgia,  Euephyra  (gen.  nov.)  serrulata , 
Texas,  Aplodes  approximaria ,  N.  Y.,  A.  rubrolinearia ,  Penn.,  A.  latia- 
ria,  N.  Y.,  Synchlora  albolineata,  Maine,  Mass.,  S.  rubifrontaria ,  N.Y., 
S.  excurvaria,  Texas,  Bacheospila  rubrifrontaria,  Mass.,  Eunemoria 
(gen.  nov.)  gracilaria ,  Mass.,  Eupistheria  sulphurea ,  Mass.,  E.  ferru- 
ginaria,  Maine,  Gleora  pellucidaria ,  Maine,  N.  Y.,  Hesperumia  (gen. 
nov.)  sulphuraria,  Heteroloclia  sulphuraria,  N.  Y.,  Middle  States,  Ga- 
berodes  carnaria ,  Mich.,  G.  cervinaria,  Texas. 

- (Fifth  Rep.  P.  A.  S.,  82)  gives  a  number  of  synonymical 

notes  on  this  family. 

A.  Fitch  (Fourteenth  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.,  N.  Y.,  1872,  355)  gives  an 
account  of  the  larva  and  habits  of  Scotosia  undulata  (Linn.).  , 


*  Remota  should  read  vernata.  By  a  mistake  the  Cheimatobia  was  labelled  A . 
vernata.  —  A.  S.  P. 


HETEROCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


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PYRALIDJPJ. 

P.  C.  Zeller  (Abhand.  K.  K.  Zool.  bot.  Gesellschaft,  Vienna,  1872, 
447)  refers  Brachytcenia  malana  Fitcli  to  Nola,  and  describes  as  new 
Nola  nigrofasciata  (Tab.  ii,  fig.  1)  Mass.,  N.  minuscula,  N.  melanopa 
(Tab.  ii,  fig.  2),  Thalpochares  mundula  (Tab.  ii,  fig.  4),  Agrophila  tortri- 
cina  (Tab.  ii,  fig.  5),  Colobochila  saligna,  Hypena  albisignalis,  H. 
laciniosci  (Tab.  ii,  fig.  8)  Mass.,  H.  pallialis  (Tab.  ii,  fig.  9)  Texas  and 
Mass.,  II.  achatinalis  (Tab.  ii,  fig.  7),  H.  trituberalis  (Tab.  ii,  fig.  6), 
Epizeuxis  phcealis  (Guen.)  Texas  and  Mass.;  remarks  on  E.  Ameri¬ 
cans ,  N.  Y.  and  Mass.  (Guen.),  E.  cemula  Hiibn.,  Mass,  and  N.  Y., 
Zanclognatha  pedipilalis,  Texas,  Z.  lituralis  Hiibn.,  N.  Y.,  Mass.,  and 
describes  as  new  Z.  deceptricalis,  Ohio,  and  Coptocnemia  (nov.  gen.) 
floccalis  (Tab.  ii,  fig.  10  a,  10  b),  Aglossa  cuprina  ;  notices  A.  fimbrialis 
(S.  V.),  A.  olinalis  Guen.;  describes  as  new  i.  himonialis  Mass.,  A* 
binodulalis ,  Sedenia  (Cavifrons)  biundulalis ;  remarks  on  Botis  octo- 
maculata  (Linn.),  B.  laticlavia  Grote,  Texas,  B.  cinerosa  Grote,  Texas, 

B.  signatalis  Walk.,  Texas,  B.  marculenta  Grote,  Texas,  B.  citrina 
Grote,  Texas,  B.  ventralis  Grote,  Texas,  and  describes  as  new  B. 
tithonialis  (Tab.  iii,  fig.  15),  B.  fracturalis  (Tab.  iii,  fig.  16) ;  records 
from  Texas  B.  rubigalis  Guen. ;  remarks  on  B.  subjectalis  Led.,  records 
from  Texas  B.  adipaloides  Grote,  remarks  on  B.  Jlavidalis  Guen.,  and 
records  B.  oxydalis  from  Georgia  and  Rio  Janeiro,  redescribes  B. 
thesealis  Led.,  Texas  and  Mass.,  describes  as  new  Eurycreon  (Spil- 
odes)  cereralis ,  and  records  E.  rantalis  from  Texas,  Buenos  Ayres  and 
Cal.,  .£7.  crinitalis  Led.,  from  Texas,  Mesograplie  stramentalis  Hiibn., 
Maine,  Mass,  and  N.  Y.,  Crocidophora  tuberculalis  Led.  from  Tennessee 
and  Texas ;  describes  as  new  Crocidophora  serratissimalis ,  Mass,  and 
Texas,  records  Blepharomastix  ranalis  Guen.  from  Ohio  and  Texas, 
notices  Homophysa  glaphyralis  Guen.  ?  Led.,  records  II.  sesquistrialis 
(Hiibn.  ?)  Led.  from  Texas ;  describes  as  new  H.  lentiflualis,  H.  reni- 
culalis,  Chalcoela  (nov.  gen.)  aurifera  (Tab.  ii,  fig.  12  a,  b),  Dicymolomia 
(nov.  gen.)  decora  (Tab.  ii,  fig.  13  a,  b,  c),  Scirpophaga  vestaliella ;  he 
remarks  at  length  on  Sclioenobius  longirostrellus  Clem.,  and  believes 
that  Robinson’s  species  S.  melinellus,  Clemensellus  ( !  )  dispersellus, 
unipunctellus  and  tripunctellus,  are  all  $  S.  longirostrellus ;  he  records 
Crambus praefectellus  Zinck.,  from  Mass.,  N.  Y.  and  Texas ;  C.  Leachel- 
lus  Zinck.,  from  Ill.,  Penn.,  Georgia,  Texas  and  Venezuela;  C.  puchel- 
lus  from  Mass.,  and  describes  as  new  C.  bidens  (Taf.  iii,  fig.  17)  Mass., 

C.  Jloridus,  Mass.;  records  C.  agitatellus  Clem,  from  Mass.,N.  Y.  and 
Texas,  C.  laqueatellus  Clem,  from  Mass.,  Ill.  and  Texas,  C.  decorellus 
(=  C.  polyactinellus  Kollar)  from  Mass,  and  Texas,  C.  terrellus  Zinck., 
Texas,  C.  elegans  Clem.,  N.  Y.,  Maryland  and  Texas,  C.  chalybirostris 
Zell.,  Mass.,N.  Y.  and  Texas;  describes  as  new  Catharylla  contiguella , 
Cuba,  C.  pulchella  (Tab.  iii,  fig.  18)  Mass.,  Texas,  C.  rufisignella  Texas, 


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HETEROCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


and  records  C.  nummulalis  Zeller,  from  Mass.,  Texas,  Eromene  Texana 
Rob.,  from  Texas,  Pempelia  lignosella  from  Carolina,  Texas,  Columbia, 
and  Brazil,  and  describes  as  new  P.  ( ? )  tartarella,  P.  incantella, 
records  P.  petrella  Zeller  from  Texas ;  describes  as  new  Tetialopha 
melanogrammos  (Tab.  iii,  fig.  24  a,  b),  Nephopteryx  consobrinella  (Tab. 
iii,  fig.  22)  N?  basilaris  (Taf.  iii,  fig.  23)  Mass.,  Zophodia  Bolli  (Taf. 
iii,  fig.  21  a,  b),  Anerastia  tetradella,  A.  glareosella,  A.  binotella,  A. 
hcematica,  Mass.,  N.  Y.,  records  Epischnia  farrella  Curtis,  from  Mass., 
and  describes  as  new  Galleria  inimicella  (Tab.  iii,  fig.  20)  ( Melisso - 
blaptes  fulminalis  (Tab.  iii,  fig.  19),  Psecadia  semilagens  (Tab.  iii, 
fig.  25),  Encemia  (nov.  gen.)  psammitis  (Tab.  iii,  fig.  26  J),  E.  crassi- 
venella  (Tab.  iii,  fig.  27).  All  these  are  species  from  Texas  unless 
other  localities  are  given.  In  the  same  for  1873,  p.  6,  Cordylopeza 
\nov.  gen.)  nigrinodis  Mass.  (Taf.  iii,  fig.  3,  a-e),  Botis  rubicalis 
(Tab.  iii,  fig.  4),  B.  sesqaialteralis  (Taf.  iii,  fig.  5),  B.  nasonialis  (Taf. 
iii,  fig.  6),  notices  B.  terrealis  as  occurring  in  N.  Y.,  and  Aphomia 
sociella  Linn,  in  Mass.,  and  describes  as  new  Melissoblaptes  furellas, 
Albany,  N.  Y.r  the  others  from  Texas,  unless  otherwise  stated. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sc.  i,  13)  describes  as  new  Lo- 
manaltes  (nov.  gen.)  laetulus  (PI.  1,  fig.  12  $)  N.  Y.,  Penn. 

- (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sc.  i,  37)  divides  the  genus 

Hypena  into  several  genera ;  Plathypena  for  R.  scabra,  adopts  (with 
Lederer)  Hiibner’s  genus  Bomolocha,  and  proposes  Macrhypena  for 
H.  deceptalis,  etc.,  and  Euhypena  (E.  toreuta  and  E.  sordidula ) ; 
restricts  Rerminia  with  H.  tentacularis  as  the  type ;  adopts  Hiibner’s 
terms  Paracolax ,  and  Macrochilo  and  Lederer’s  Zanclognatha  for  cer¬ 
tain  species  named  in  the  essay.  For  Guen6e’s  Rerminia  morbidalis 
he  proposes  the  term  Chytolita,  and  Pityolita  for  Rerminia  pedipillalis 
Guen.  On  p.  85  he  describes  as  new  Litognatha  (nov.  gen.)  nubili- 
fascia  (PI.  2,  fig.  $  2,  3,  J1)  N.  Y.,  Penn.,  L.  litophora ,  N.  Y.,  Penn.,, 
Meghypena  (nov.  gen.)  velifera  (PI.  2,  fig.  7  $),  N.  Y.,  M.  lentiginosa, 
N.  Y.,  Botis  badipennis ,  Maine,  N.  H.,  Eurycreon  chortalis,  Mass.,  N. 
Y.  On  p.  160  remarks  on  certain  species  of  Hypena.  On  p.  169  he 
proposes  the  name  Zelleri  for  Nolopliana  malana  Zeller,  not  Fitch 
sp.,  and  notices  Colobochila  interpuncta  Gr.,  Sudariophora  callitri- 
choides  Gr.,  Asopia  costalis  Fabr.,  A.  olinalis  Guen.,  describes  as  new 
Pseudasopia  (nov.  gen.)  sguamealis  N.  Y.,  Botis  gentilis ,  B.  magistra¬ 
te,  Mass.,  B.  subdentalis  N.  Y. ;  on  p.  175  describes  as  new  Argyro- 
phyes  (nov.  gen.)  cilicoides,  N.  Jersey,  Condylolomia  (nov.  gen.)  parti- 
cipialis,  Penn.,  Deuter ollyta  borealis,  Mass. 

- (Can.  Ent.  v,  225)  describes  as  new  Bomolocha  scu- 

tellaris  Quebec,  N.  Y.,  with  a  list  of  the  species  of  this  genus;  Sisyr- 
hypena  pupillaris  Penn,  and  Texas. 


HETEROCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


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C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Rep.  Ent.  Soc.,  Ont.,  Can.,  30)  gives  a  popular 
account  of  the  habits  of  Hypena  humuli  Harr. 

J.  A.  Lintner  (Can.  Ent.,  81)  shows  that  Hypena  erectalis  Guen., 
is  the  $  of  H.  scabra  (Eabr.). 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Ann.  Lyc.,  N.  Y.,  x,  259)  describes  as  new 
Pempelia  fenestrella,  P.  leoninella,  Scopula  occidentalis,  Botis  Califor- 
nicalis,  B.  unifascialis,  B.  profundalis,  B.  mustelinalis,  B.  semirubralis , 

B.  perrubralis,  Eromene  Calif ornicalis,  Cataclysta  melalliferalis ,  from 
California,  Botis  subolivalis  from  Maine,  redescribes  B.  fodinalis 
Lederer,  from  California,  and  records  Nomophila  noctuella  (Schiff.) 
and  Pyralis  farinalis  Linn.,  from  Oregon  and  Cal. 

- (Ann.  Lyc.,  N.  Y.,  x,  267)  describes  as  new  Acrobasis 

rubrifasciella ,  reared  by  Mr.  Emerton  from  Comptonia  asplenifolia, 
Maine,  Mass.,  Myelois  albiplagiatella ,  N.  H.,  Pempelia  ovalis,  Maine, 
Nephopteryx  latifasciatella,  Maine,  X.  roseatella,  Mass.  On  p.  271 
refers  (with  Staudinger  and  Moeschler)  Scopula  gracialis  Pack.,  to 
Botis  inquinitalis  Zell.,  and  refers  Eudorea?  frigidella  to  Pempelia 
fnsca  Haw. 

TORTRICID^E. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sc.,  i,  15)  describes  as  new 
Tortrix  Georgiana  (PI.  i,  tig.  4),  Penn.,  T.  Houstonana  (PI.  1,  fig.  5) 
Texas,  and  Conchylis  straminoides,  N.  Y.,  p.  90,  Phcecasiophora  (nov. 
gen.)  for  Sericoris  mutabilana  Clem.,  P?  niveiguttana  (PL  2,  fig.  15$), 
Pentliina  Blakeana  Rob.  (PI.  2,  fig.  8),  Penthina  matutina  (PI.  2,  fig.  9), 
P.  toreuta  (PI.  2,  fig.  10  $),  Penn.,  Grapholitha  distema,  N.  Y., 
Penn. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (5th  Ann.  Rep.  Missouri)  gives  an  account  of  the  habits 
of  Carpocapsa  pomonella. 

W.  Saunders  (Rep.  Ent.  Soc.,  Ont.,  Can.,  19)  condenses  Riley’s 
account  of  Anchylopera  fragarice  Riley,  and  refers  to  Lozotcenia  fra- 
gariana  Pack.,  and  L.  rosaceana  Harr. 

TINEIDiE. 

P.  C.  Zeller  (Abhand.  K.  K.  Zool.  Bot.  Ges.  Wien.,  1873,  14)  de¬ 
scribes  as  new  Anaphora  scardina  (=  ?  Popeanella  Clem.),  A.  bombycina 
Mass,  and  Buenos  Ayres,  Xylesthia  congeminatella?  Mass.,  redescribes 
or  refers  to  Amydria  effrenatella  Clem.,  Mass.,  Tinea  ( Blabophanes ) 
dorsistrigella  Clem.,  Mass.,  Tinea  (. Blabophanes )  rusticella  St.,  Mass., 
describes  as  new  Tinea  defectella  (Taf.  iii,  fig.  8)  California,  T.  gru- 
mella  (Taf.  iii,  fig.  9),  Mass.,  notices  T.  spretella  S.Y.,  Tinea  misella 
Zeller,  T.  ( Tineola )  biselliella  Humm,  Setomorpha  operosella  (no 
locality  given),  S.  inamcenella  (no  loc.),  S.  ruder ella  (no  loc.),  Adela 
chalybeis,  A.  biviella  (Taf.  iii,  fig.  10),  Mass.,  A.  Schlcegeri  (Taf.  iii, 


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HETEROCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


fig.  11),  Ohio,  remarks  on  Hyponomexd  multipunctellus  Clem.,  Ohio 
and  Ill.,  and  refers  (Eta  punctella  { (Eta  compta )  to  the  neighborhood 
of  Hyponomeuta.  Describes  as  new,  or  refers  if  previously  known, 
to  Tegeticula  (nov.  gen.)  alba,  Plutella  cruciferarum,  Ohio,  Texas, 
Depressaria  atrodorsella  Clem.,  Mass.,  D.  hilarella  [=D.  robiniella 
Pack.]  Mass.,  D.  lieracliana  DeG.  {=D.  Ontariella  Bethune),  New 
York,  D.  scabella,  Ohio,  D.  nebulosa,  Mass.,  Cryptolechia  tentoriferella 
(Clem.),  Mass.,  N.  Y.,  C.  piperatella,  C.  quercicella  (Clem.),  Ohio, 
Texas,  C.  obsoletella,  Ohio,  C.  ferruginosa,  Ohio,  C.  cretacea,  G.  litlio- 
sina ,  G.  nubeculosa  (Taf.  iii,  fig.  12)  G.  Schlcegeri  Zell.,  C.  vestalis, 
Epicorthylis  inversella  (Taf.  iii,  fig.  13,  a ,  b),  Gelechia  (Tachyptilia) 
innocuella,  G.  consonella,  Missouri  and  Texas,  G.  ccecella,  Mass.,  G. 
versutella ,  G.  Lynceella,  G.  nundinella,  G.  unctulella ,  G.  violaceo-fusca, 
G.  Olympiadella  (fig.  15),  G.  quinella  (fig.  14),  G.  albilarella  (fig.  16), 
G.  {?  Bryotropha)  operculella  (fig.  17),  G.  {?  Lita)  ternariella ,  G.  { Lita ) 
liturosella,  G.  { Teleia )  sequax  Haw.,  Mass.,  G.  { Teleia ?)  gilviscopella, 
G.  ( Teleia )  dorsiviltella  (Taf.  iii,  fig.  20),  G.  {Teleia?)  leuconota  (Taf. 
iii,  fig.  21)  G.  { Poecilia ?)  basifasciella  (Taf.  iii,  fig.  22),  G.  ( Pcecilia ?) 
basistrigella  (Taf.  iv,  fig.  23)  G.  {Poecilia?)  fragmentella,  G.  {Ergatis) 
roseo  suffused,  Mass.,  Ohio,  Wash.,  D.  C.,  Clem.  (Taf.  iv,  fig.  24), 
G.  {Ergatis)  pudibundella,  Mass.,  Texas,  G.  (Anacampsis)  agrimoniella 
Clem.,  Georgia,  G.  {Anacampsis)  glandiferella  (Taf.  iv,  fig.  25),  G. 
{Ceratophora?)  fullonella,  G.  {Dorypliora)  piscipellis,  G.  {Trichotaphe) 
flavocostella  Clem.  (fig.  26),  Mass.,  G.  {Trichotaphe)  ochripalpella  Zell., 
G.  ( Trichotaphe ?)  serrativittella  (fig.  27),  G.  {Malacotricha  Zell.)  bilo- 
bella  (fig.  28)  Ohio,  Wash.,  D.  C.,  Enchrysa  dissectella  (fig.  29,  a,  b), 
Ohio,  Ypsoloplius  pauciguttellus  Clem.,  Ohio,  Texas,  Y.  punctidiscellus 
Clem.,  Ohio,  N.  Y.,  Y.  unicipunctellus  Clem.,  Ohio,  Missouri,  Texas, 
Nothris dollabella  (fig. 30),  Dasycera  Nevmianella  Clem.,  Ohio,  CEcophora 
determinated  (fig.  31)  CE.  Borkhansenii  Zell.,  Wash.,  D.  C.,  (E.  con¬ 
stricted  (fig.  32),  Butalis  trivincted  (fig.  33,  a,  b),  B.  pilosella,  Mass., 
B.  eboracensis  Zell.,  N.  Y.,  Texas,  Blastobasis  sciaphilella  (fig.  34),  B. 
nubilella,  B.  fractilinea  (fig.  37),  B.  quisquiliella,  B.  livorella,  B?  aufu- 
gella,  B?  Jluxella,  Hypatima  subsenella,  H.  confected  u.  sp.  ?,  Argyrestliia 
Andereggiella  F.  R.,  Ohio,  A.  quadristrigella,  A.  austerella  (fig.  38)  A. 
abdominalis  Zell.,  Gracilaria  falconipennella  Hiibn.,  G.  desmodifoliella 
Clem.  (fig.  40),  G.  atomosella,  Coleophora  n.  sp.  occidentis?  an  nigricella 
Haw.,  Mass.,  C.  Fabriciella  Vill.,  N.  Y.,  Mass.,  Laverna  definitella 
(fig.  41),  L.  circumscriptella  (fig.  42),  Batrachedra  striolata,  Heliozela 
gracilis,  Phyllocnistis  vitigenella  Clem.,  Mass.,  P.  magnatella  (fig.  43) 
Mass.,  Trifurcula  obratella ;  all  from  Texas  unless  otherwise  stated. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Bull.  Buff.  Soc.  Nat.  Sc.,  i,  93)  describes  as  new 
Eta  gemmata.  On  p.  174  he  remarks  on  Anaphora  agrotipennella 
Grote. 


HETEROCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


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H.  Frey  and  J.  Boll  (Ent.  Zeitung,  Stettin,  201)  redescribes  Gra- 
cilaria  superbifrontella  Clem.,  probably  reared  from  oak,  Lithocolletis 
alniella  Z.  on  alder,  L.  argentinotella  Clem.  ( ulmella  Chamb.)  lives 
on  Ulmus  fulva  and  Americana,  L.  trifasciella  Harr.,  Mass.,  on  Loni- 
cera  senlpervirens,  L.  ornatella  Chamb.,  on  Robinia,  Fischeria  Zeller - 
ella  Clem.,  lives  on  Q.  tinctoria,  T.  quercitella  Clem.,  on  Q.  tinctoria, 
T.  malifoliella  Clem.,  mines  Pyrus  Malus.  He  describes  as  new 
Gracilaria  elegantella ,  G.  mitabilis,  G.  astericola ,  on  Aster  cordifolius 
and  corymbosus,  Coriscium paradoxum,  Lithocolletis  quercetorum,  Mass, 
and  Texas,  on  Quercus  prinos  and  Q.  castanea,  L.  Hagenii  n.  sp.  ? 
on  Q.  prinos  and  Q.  castanea,  no  locality,  L.  longestriata ,  L.  inter¬ 
media,  on  Q.  alba  and  tinctoria,  L.  obsoleta,  L.  mirifica ,  n.  sp.  ?  L.  Scud- 
derella ,  on  Salix,  L.  consimilella,  L.  ignota,  L.  Bostonica,  L.  auronitens , 
mines  Alnus  serratula,  L.  gemmea  n.  sp.  ?  ( Parectopa  robiniella  Clem.  ?) 
on  Bobinia  pseudacacia,  Mass.,  L.  cenigmatella ,  Tischeria  cenea,  mines 
Rubus  villosus,  T.  roseticola,  Mass.,  mines  Rosa  Carolina. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Trans.  Acad.  Sc.,  St.  Louis,  iii,  55,  178  and  5th  Ann. 
Rep.,  Missouri,  150,  and  Amer.  Nat.,  vii,  619)  gives  an  account  of  the 
habits  and  transformations  of  Pronuba  (nov.  gen.)  yuccasella ,  n.  sp., 
Missouri,  N.  Y.  *  . 

AY.  Saunders  (Rep.  Ent.  Soc.,  Ont.,  Can.,  15)  describes  the  trans¬ 
formations  of  Anarsia  lineatella  Zell.  (=  A.  pruniella  Clem.) 

E.  B.  Reed  (Rep.  Ent.  Soc.,  Ont.,  Can.,  42)  gives  a  popular  account 
of  Ornix  acerifoliella  Fitch. 

Y.  T.  Chambers  (Can.  Ent.,  v,  12)  describes  Anesychia  trifurcella  n. 
sp.,  Kentucky,  Hyponomeuta  orbimaculella  proposed  for  H.  evonymella 
(Yol.  iv,  p.  42),  Argiope  (nov.  gen.)  dorsimacullella  for  Heribeia?  in- 
certella  (Yol.  iv,  p.  44,  see  also  p.  174),  Gracilaria  juglandivorella  n. 
sp.,  unless  =  G.  blandella  Clem.,  Ky.,  mining  black  walnut.  On  p. 
44  redescribes  G.  eupatoriella  with  full  biological  comparative  notes, 
Ornix  inusitatumella  n.  sp.  ?  mines  the  haw,  Ky.,  0.  prunivorella  n. 
sp.,  mines  apple  and  wild  cherry,  Ky.  On  p.  72  he  substitutes  Eido , 
for  Venillia  albapalpella  and  Psoricoptera  gibbosella  Staint.  for  Adras- 
teia  quercifoliella  Chamb.  (see  also  p.  174),  Adela  bella  n.  sp.,  Ky., 
Dicte  (nov.  gen.)  corruscifasciella  n.  sp. ;  on  p.  74  gives  an  account 
of  the  habits  of  Solenobia  Walshella  Clem.  ?  which  feeds  on  lichens. 
On  p.  85  he  describes  as  new  Tinea  ccemeteriiella,  Ky.  and  Gulf  States ; 
T.  Orleansella ,  Louisiana,  T.  auristrigella,  T.  staminiella ,  Ky.,  T. 
iridella,  Canada,  T.  misciella,  T.  costotristrigella,  T.  bimaculella,  T. 
aurosuffusella,  T.  griseella,  T.  mar ginistrig ella,  T.  trimaculella,  T. 
fuscomacuella ,  T.  argenti-strigella ,  T.  auropulvella ,  T.  fuscopulvella, 
T.  macidabella ,  Pitys  auricristalella ,  P.  fusco-cristalella,  P.  fasciella, 
P.  misce-cristalella,  Cyane  (nov.  gen.)  visaliella,  Clymene  ceger fasciella, 
Cyllene  (nov.  gen.)  minjitissimella ,  Nepticula  Clemensella,  mining  Pla- 


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HETEROCEROUS  LEPIDOPTERA. 


tanus  occidentalis,  N.  maximella ,  mines  Platanus  occideutalis,  N. 
serotinceella ,  mines  Prunus  serotina ,  W.  apicialbella,  X.  minimella,  X. 
thorace-olbella ,  W.  querci-castanella,  mines  Quercus  castcmea,  X.  fusco- 
capitella,  X.  ochre-fasciella,  X.  cilice-fuscella.  On  p.  147  he  thinks  on 
reexamination  that  Clymene  cegerfasciella  and  Cyllene  minutissimella 
are  allied  to  the  Hydroptilidce,  and  are  Trichopterous,  if  Hydroptila  is 
Trichopterous.  He  gives  a  synopsis  of  the  N.  A.  species  of  Buccula- 
trix  and  describes  as  new  B.  capitealbella,  B.  obscurafasciellci,  B.  lu- 
teellg  and  B.  Packcirdella,  Kentucky.  On  p.  173,  Xylesthia  Clemensella , 
Gelechia  scutellariceella ,  G.  ?  unistricjella  ;  on  p.  176  he  changes  the  name 
G.  similiella  (Yol.  v,  p.  193)  to  G.  solaniiella.  On  p.  185,  Erippe  (gen. 
no v.)  prunifoliella,  Eidothea  vagaticella,  Helice  (gen.  no \ .)  pallidochiella 
( Ecophora ?  boreasella.  On  p.  229,  after  remarks  on  certain  genera 
allied  to  Gelechia,  he  describes  as  new  Sinoe  (gen.  nov.)  fusco-palli- 
della ;  and  suggests  Taygete  (gen.  nov.)  for  Gelechia  difficillisella 
Chamb.  from  Kentucky. 

- (AmeT.  Nat.,  vii,  47)  notices  the  genus  Cemiostoma. 

J.  A.  Lintner  (Can.  Ent.,  82)  states  that  on  the  authority  of  Zeller 

Depressaria  Ontariella  Betlmne  =  Z>.  heracliana  DeG. 

#  * 

PTEROPHORIDJE. 

P.  C.  Zeller  (Abhand.  K.  K.  Zool.  Bot.  Ges.  Wien,  117)  enumerates 
all  the  species  known  in  America,  with  lengthy  descriptive  and  syno- 
nymical  remarks  and  describes  as  new  Oxyptilus  Delawaricus,  Dela¬ 
ware  river,  0.  nigroceliatus ,  Delaware  river,  Mimeseoptilus  semicostatus , 
Texas,  M.  pumilo ,  Texas,  CEdematophorus  inquinatus ,  Texas,  Leioptilus 
paleaceus ,  Ohio,  Texas,  Scoptonoma  (nov.  gen.)  integra  (fig.  44),  Texas, 
S.  interrupta  Texas.  He  records  Platyptilia  Bischoffii  Zell,  from  Ohio 
and  Mass.,  P.  cardui  Zell.  ( Pterophorus  carduidactylus  Riley)  from 
Texas,  Oxyptilus  periscelidactylus  (Fitch),  from  N.  Y.,  Missouri,  and 
Texas,  and  Pterophorus  monodactylus  Linn.,  from  Ohio  and  Texas.  He 
refers  Pt.  tenuidactylus  Fitch,  and  lobiclactylus  to  Oxyptilus. 

V.  T.  Chambers  (Can.  Ent.,  v,  72)  describes  as  new  Pterophorus 
lacteodactylus,  Ky. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  v,  99)  gives  a  popular  sketch  of  Pteropho¬ 
rus  periscelidactylus. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Ann.  Lyc.  N.  Y.,  x,  265)  describes  as  new  from 
California,  Pterophorus  per gracilidactylus  [=  Pt.  cinereidactylus  Fitch], 
Pt.  sulphur eodactylus  and  Pt.  cervinidactylus. 


DIPTERA. 


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DIPTERA. 

I.  Portschinsky  (Horte  Soc.  Entom.  Rossicoe,  viii, 
287 -Nov.,  1872).  Notice  Geographique  sur  Diopis  brev- 
icornis  Say.  Notes  the  occurrence  of  this  fly  at  Vlad¬ 
ivostok  (Asiatic  Russia). 

C.  V.  Riley  (Fifth  Annual  Report  on  the  Insects  of 
Missouri,  pp.  114-119),  describes  the  galls  of  four  spe¬ 
cies  of  Cecidomyidae,  one  of  which  is  the  Lasioptera  vitis 
O.  S.  (Ibid.  p.  140),  describes  and  figures  Tachina  ( Be - 
lovisict)  bifasciata  Fabr.,  bred  from  Anisota  rubicunda . 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Hayden’s  Sixth  Report  of  the  U. 
S.  Geol.  Survey  of  the  Territories,  p.  739),  describes  a 
larva,  seemingly  allied  to  those  of  the  Cecidomykke, 
taken  from  the  gizzard  of  Picoides  arcticus.  (Ibid.  p. 
743),  makes  some  general  remarks  on  brine-dwelling 
insects,  including  Diptera. 

Additions  and  corrections  to  the  notice  on  the  prog¬ 
ress  of  American  Dipterology,  contained  in  the  Annual 
Report  of  the  Peabody  Academy  for  1871,  by  Dr.  Loew. 

Page  120,  line  14  from  top,  for  Elaphyroptera ,  read  Glaphyroptera  ; 
line  16  from  top,  for  Rymnosia ,  read  Bymosia  /  line  18  from  top,  insert 
the  names  of  the  thirteen  Mycetophilse,  bipunctata ,  extincta,  fallax, 
inculta,  monochalta,  mutica ,  pinguis,  polita,  procera,  quatuornotata, 
scalaris,  sigmoides,  trichonota  ;  line  23  from  bottom,  for  Dilopus ,  read 
Dilophus . 

Page  121,  line  18  and  19  from  top.  Strike  out  Pliiolina  (should  be 
Ptiolina)  fasciata  and  majuscula  ;  line  12  from  bottom,  for  Stett.,  read 
Berl. ;  line  3  from  bottom,  for  Argyromoeba,  read  Argyramceba. 

Page  122,  line  24  from  bottom.  Strike  out  Empis  superba,  which  is 
a  species  published  previously ;  line  2  from  bottom,  for  ArcMppizoza , 
read  Archippivom. 

Page  123,  line  13  from  top,  strike  out  Ilydrophorus  aistuum ;  line  17 
from  bottom,  for  nemdsa,  read  nervosa. 

In  quoting  Mr.  Van  der  Wulp’s  species,  the  year  1869  should,  almost 
in  all  cases,  be  changed  to  1867,  as  all  these  species  were  published  in 

3 


P.  A.  S. 


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DIPTERA. 


the  latter  yeav,  with  the  exception  of  Bibio  senilis ,  Machimus  avidus , 
Stilpnogastes  anceps,  Stenopogon  ochraceus,  Aricia  proxima  and  Ccenosia 
incisurata. 

In  GiebePs  Zeitscht.  fur  die  Gesaramten  Naturwissen- 
schaften,  Yol.  xxxvi,  1870,  I  published  a  small  article, 
which  does  not  seem  to  have  been  known  to  the  author  of 
the  Report.  It  contains  some  remarks  on  the  N.  A. 
Diptera,  published  by  Mr.  Van  der  Wulp,  in  1867,  and 
among  these  remarks  the  following  would  perhaps  be 
worth  including  in  the  above  mentioned  Report  (H. 
Loew) . 

1.  Glaphyroptera  lateralis  V.  d.  W.  =  Leja  bivittata  Say. 

2.  Subula  tenthredinoides  Y.  d.  W.=  Xylophagus  Americanus  Wied., 

of  which  it  is  a  dark  variety. 

3.  Sargus  marginatus  Y.  d.  W.  probably  =  Sargus  decorus  Say. 

4.  Dasypogon  laticeps  Y.  d.  W.,  is  a  Discocephala  and  was  previously 

described  by  Say  as  Dasypogon  abdominalis,  by  Macquart  as 
Discocephala  rufiventris,  by  Walker  as  Dasypogon  Aeta. 

5.  Leptogaster  flavicornis  Y.  d.  W.,  apparently  =  L.  flavipes  Low. 

6.  Syneches  punctipennis  Y.  d.  W.  =  Syneches  simplex  Walk.,  pale 

..colored  specimen. 

7.  Mulio  Americanus  Y.  d.  W.  =  Exoprosopa  fasdata  Macq.,  and  is 

no  Mulio  at  all. 

8.  Leptis  griseola  Y.  d.  W.  =  L.  plumbea  Say. 

9.  Chrysopila  dispar  Y.  d.  W.  =  Chr.  ( Leptis )  quadrata  Say. 

10.  Syrphus  signatus  Y.  d.  W.  =  S.  obliquus  Say. 

11.  Scliineria  ruficauda  Y.  d.  W.,  does  not  belong  to  this  genus,  and 

must  be  placed  in  Cyphocera,  unless  a  new  genus  is  established 
for  it.  From  the  typical  Cyphocerge,  which  have  only  rudimen¬ 
tary  palpi,  it  differs  in  their  total  absence. 

12.  Cordylua  maculipennis  Y.  d.  W.  =  C.  bimaculata  Lw. 

13.  Herina  metallica  Y .  d.  W.  =  Bivellia  Jlavimana  Lw.,  which  I  for¬ 

merly  took  for  a  variety  of  B.  viridulans  R.  Desvoidy.  It  is 
not  a  Herina. 

14.  Trypeta  ( Aciura )  cenea  Y.  d.  W.  =  Chcetopsis  ( Ortalis )  cenea  Wied., 

and  probably  =  Ortalis  trifasciata  Say.  It  is  neither  an  Aciura, 
nor  does  it  even  belong  to  the  Trypetidce. 

15.  Trypeta  ( Tephritis )  cribrata  Y.  d.  W.  =  Trypeta  latifrons  Lw. 

16.  Sapromyza  plumata  Y.  d.  W.  =  Chlorops  antennalis  Fitch.,  which 

is  no  Chlorops,  but  a  Sapromyza. 


COLEOPTERA. 


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COLEOPTERA. 

S.  Y.  Summers  (Can.  Ent.  v,  p.  61).  Notes  on  Gas- 
nonia  Ludovicicinci  Salle. 

- (Can.  Ent.,  132,  145,  168,  190).  List 

of  the  Coleoptera  of  St.  Louis  Co.,  Mo. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.  v,  96,  115,  129,  193, 
210).  Reprint  of  Kirby’s  Fauna  Boreali-Americana,  In- 
secta. 

% 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.  v,  171).  On  some  of  our 
common  insects.  Figures  the  larva  and  imago  of  Der- 
mestes  lardarius  Linn. 

C.  V.  Riley,  Fifth  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious,  Ben¬ 
eficial  and  other  insects  of  Missouri. 

Baron  M.  de  Chaudoir  (Berlin  Entomologische  Zeit- 
schrift).  Essai  monographique  sur  le  genre  Gymindis . 

G.  R.  Crotch  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  19).  Materials 
for  the  study  of  the  Phytophaga  of  the  United  States. 

- (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  84).  Notes  on 

the  species  of  Buprestidae  found  in  the  United  States. 

- (Proc.  Am.  Phil.  Soc.,  74).  On  the 

arrangement  of  the  Families  of  Coleoptera. 

This  paper  shows  the  arrangement  of  the  Families  in 
accordance  with  the  more  recent  views  on  the  subject. 

- (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  349).  Sy¬ 
nopsis  of  the  Erotylidae  of  Boreal  America. 

- (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  359).  Sy¬ 
nopsis  of  the  Endomychidae  of  the  United  States. 

- (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  363).  Re¬ 
vision  of  the  Coccinellidae  of  the  United  States. 

- ; - (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  383).  Re¬ 
vision  of  the  Dytiscidae  of  the  United  States. 

J.  L.  LeConte  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  302).  The 
Pterostichi  of  the  United  States. 


28 


COLEOPTERA. 


J.  L.  LeConte  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  321).  Syno- 
nymical  remarks  upon  North  American  Coleoptera. 

This  contribution  contains  many  changes  in  synonymy 
made  necessary  by  personal  observation  of  types  in  Eu¬ 
ropean  cabinets.  These  corrections  cannot  be  noticed 
in  this  Record  as  it  would  involve  a  reprint  of  the  entire 
paper. 

— — - (Smith.  Misc.  Coll.,  No.  265).  Classi¬ 

fication  of  the  Coleoptera  of  North  America,  Part  ii,  pp. 
279-348. 

- - -  (Smith.  Misc.  Coll.,  No.  264).  De¬ 
scriptions  of  New  Species  and  genera,  pp.  169-250. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Proc.  Am.  Phil.  Soc.,  88).  Revision  of 
the  species  of  several  genera  of  Meloidse. 

— - (Proc.  Amer.  Phil.  Soc.,  118).  Revis¬ 

ion  of  the  Genera  and  species  of  the  tribe  Hydrobiini  of 
the  United  States. 

- - (Proc.  Amer.  Phil.  Soc.,  273).  Syn¬ 
opsis  of  the  Histeridte  of  the  United  States. 

- -  (Proc.  Amer.  Phil.  Soc.,  407).  Con¬ 
tributions  to  a  knowledge  of  the  Curculionidae  of  the 
United  States. 

- —  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  1873,  311). 

Revision  of  the  Bruchidae  of  the  United  States. 

A.  S.  Packard  Jr.  3rd  Ann.  Rep.  Inj.  Ins.,  Mass, 
and  American  Naturalist,  vii,  524. 

Victor  Motschoulsky.  Enumeration  of  new  species 
collected  in  his  journeys.  (Bull.  Mosc.,  1873,  pt.  2, 
pp.  467,  et  seq. 

CICINDELIDJE. 

J.  L.  LeConte  (Proc.  Acad.,  321).  C.  Magdalence,  N.  Car.;  G.  pam- 
philct,  Texas. 

CARABIDJE. 

J.  L.  LeConte  (Proc.  Acad.,  321-325).  Synonymical  notes,  princi¬ 
pally  on  Kirbyan  species;  p.  311,  Pterostichus  crenicollis ,  u.  sp.,  Van- 


COLEOPTERA. 


29 


couver,  P.  tarsalis,  n.  sp.,  Cal. ;  p.  312,  P.  longulus,  n.  sp.,  Colorado,  P. 
scutelleris,  n.  sp.,  Cal;  p.  313,  P.  Spraguei  n.  sp.,  Nevada,  P.  Ilornii ,  n. 
sp.  Cal;  p.  314,  P.  obesulus,  n.  sp.,  Georgia,  P.  pensylvanicus,  n.  sp., 
Penn. ;  P.  corrusculus ,  n.  sp.,  Mass;  p.  316,  Lophoglossus  gravis ,  n.  sp., 
Penn;  p.  319,  Evarthrus  iSallei,  n.  sp.,  Texas;  p.  3*20,  E.  nonnitens ,  n. 
sp.,  Louisiana. 

M.  de  Chaudoir  (Berlin  Zeitsclirift,  53-120)  96,  Gymindis  villigerci , 
n.  sp.  Texas. 


DYTISCIDJE. 

G.  R.  Crotch  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  p.  383-424)  383,  Brychius 
Ilornii ,  n.  sp.  Cal;  385,  Haliplus  longulus ,  n.  sp.  Lake  Sup. ;  387,  Hydro- 
vatus  Ilornii,  n.  sp.,  Texas ;  388,  Hydroporus  dispersus,  n.  sp.  Lower  Cal., 
H.  plicipennis,  n.  sp.  Cal. ;  391,  H.  fuscatus ,  n.  sp.  Atlantic  region ;  392, 
H.  funereus,  n.  sp.  Cal.,;  393,  H.  addendus,  n.  sp.  Lower  Cal.;  p.  395 
H.  persimilis,  n.  sp.  Canada;  397,  iSuphis  pmncticollis,  n.  sp.  Gulf  States  ; 
Agabinus  (gen.  nov.)  glabrellus  Motsch =morulus  Lee.  400,  Laccophilus 
atristernalis,  n.  sp.  Cal;  401,  Agabetes  (gen.  nov.);  405,  Scutopterus 
IIornii=  coraceus  Horn,  Canada;  409,  Bliantus  anisonychus ,  n.  sp.  Bli. 
flavogriseus,  n.  sp.  Western  States;  411,  Ilybius  suffusus,  n.  sp.  Ind. 
Terr.,  H.  viridioeneus,  n.  sp.  Ks ;  413 ,  Ilybiosoma  (gen.  nov.)  ;  416, 
Gaurodytes  disintegratus,  n.  sp.  Pa.  to  Ariz. ;  p.  417,  G.  aeneolus,  n.  sp. 
Penn. ;  418,  G.  ovoideus,  n.  sp.  Ks. ;  419,  G.  lutosus,  n.  sp.  Ks. ;  G.  Wal- 
singhami ,  n.  sp.  Oregon ;  G.  intersectus,  n.  sp.  Cal. ;  422,  G.  inscriptus, 
n.  sp.  Labr.-;  G.  strigulosus,  n.  sp.  Cal. ;  423,  G.  suturalis ,  u.  sp.  Nev. 

HYDROPHILIDJE. 

Geo.  H.  Horn  (Proc.  Am.  Phil.  Soc.  118-137)  120,  Berosus  emar- 
ginatus,  n.  sp.  Texas;  121,  B.  styliferus,  n.  sp.  Col. ;  124,  B.  rugulosus, 
n.  sp.  Lower  Cal. ;  127,  Pliilhydrus  fucatus,  n.  sp.  Utah,  Ariz. ;  131,  P. 
pujictatostriatus,  n.  sp.  Cal.;  133,  Hydrobius  scabrosus,  n.  sp.,  latus ,  n. 
sp.  Cal.  Or. ;  135,  H.  rufiventris ,  n.  sp.  Or. ;  136,  II  dissimilis,  n.  sp. 
Cal. ;  137,  Helopeltis  (gen.  nov.)  larvalis,  n.  sp.  Louisiana,  Sonora, 
Cuba. 

ENDOMYCHIDJE. 

G.  R.  Crotch  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  359-362)  360,  Mycetina  Ilornii, 
n.  sp.  Oregon ;  362,  Alexia  UlJcei,  n.  sp.  A.  minor,  n.  sp.  Dist.  Col. 

TRITOMIDJE. 

MYCETOPHAGIDiE. 

- (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  363)  Myrmecoxenus  latridioides, 


n.  sp. 


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COLEOPTERA. 


EROTYLIDJE. 

G.  R.  Crotch  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  349-358)  351,  Languria  Lecontei, 
n.  sp.  Illinois;  p.  352,  Megalodacne  (gen.  nov.);  353,  M.  Ulkei,  n.  sp. 
Kentucky;  354,  Ischyrus  nigrans ,  n.  sp.  Florida;  I.  extricatus ,  n.  sp., 
Middle  States ;  355,  Mycotretus  dissimulator ,  n.  sp.  Illinois ;  Gyrtotriplax 
(gen.  nov)  mimetica,  n.  sp.  Illinois;  358,  Cypherotylus  (gen.  nov.). 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (3d  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Mass.)  describes  and  figures 
the  larva  and  pupa  of  Languria puncticollis  Say,  and  Dacne  heros  Say. 

COCCIIYELLIDJE. 

G.  R.  Crotch  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  363-382)  365,  Ceratomegilla , 
(gen.  nov.)  Ulkei ,  n.  sp.  Hudson’s  Bay;  367,  Hippodamia  oregonensis , 
n.  sp.  Oregon;  368,  II.  falcigera,  n.  sp.  Hudson’s  Bay;  H.  americana, 
n.  sp.  Hudson’s  Bay;  370,  Coccinella  difficilis,  n.  sp.  Utah;  371,  C.  pro- 
longata,  n.  sp  .=monticola  Lee.  Utah,  Cal.;  C.  annectans,  n.  sp.  Colo¬ 
rado;  Cycloneda  (gen.  nov.)  ;  373,  Anisocalvia  (gen.  nov.)  ;  375,  Mysia 
Hornii,  n.  sp.  Oregon  ;  379,  Brachyacantha  Bollii ,  n.  sp.  Texas  ;  Hyper- 
aspis  dissoluta ,  n.  sp.  Cal.;  380,  II.  Lewisii,  n.  sp.,  loc.  dub.;  381,  H. 
Hornii,  n.  sp.  Cal. ;  382,  Hyper aspidius  (gen.  nov.)  Cephaloscymnus 
(gen.  nov.)  Zimmermanni,  n.  sp.,  Southern  States. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (3d  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Mass.)  describes  the  larva 
and  pupa  (figuring  the  former)  of  Psyllobora  20-maculata  Say. 

HISTERIDJE. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Proc.  Am.  Phil.  Soc.,  273-360)  283,  Hister  lucanus,  n.  sp. 
Lower  Cal. ;  295,  H.  ( Phelister )  ceneomicans ,  n.  sp.  Dist.  Col. ;  297,  H. 
( Platysoma )  aurelianus,  n.  sp.,  La.;  299,  Tribalister  (gen.  nov.);  301, 
Hpierus  nasutus,  n.  sp.  Ariz. ;  308,  Paromalus  mimeticus,  n.  sp.  Ariz. ; 
309,  P.  Tejonicus,  n.  sp.  Cal. ;  311,  Anapleus  (gen.  nov.)  ;  315,  Saprinus 
Belirensii,  n.  sp.  Cal.;  318,  S.  Florida;,  n.  sp.  Florida;  320,  S.  Copei, 
n.  sp.  Wyoming;  331,  S.  Wacoensis,  n.  sp.  Texas;  347,  Teretriosoma 
(gen.  nov.)  chalybceum,  n.  sp.  Texas;  350,  Plegaderus  consors,  n.  sp. 
Col. ;  353,  Acritus  Arizona n.  sp.  Ariz. ;  355,  A.  Sallei ,  n.  sp.  Georgia; 
356,  Aeletes  (gen.  nov.). 

SCARAB^EID^E. 

C.  V.  Riley  (5th  Ann.  Rep.  109)  gives  an  account  of  Macrodactylus 

subspinosus. 

W.  Saunders  (Rep.  Ent.  Soc.  Canada,  p.  10)  treats  also  of  this  in¬ 
sect,  and  on  page  17  figures  the  larva  and  imago  of  Lachnosterna 
quercina  Enoch. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (3d  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Mass.)  gives  an  account  of 
the  habits  of  Lachnosterna  quercina,  and  Cotalpa  lanigera. 


COLEOPTERA. 


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BUPRESTIDiE. 

G.  R.  Crotch  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sc.,  84-96)  86,  Dicerca  Hornii,  n.  sp. 
Cal. ;  87,  D.  sexualis ,  n.  sp.  D.  calif ornica ,  n.  sp.  Cal. ;  94,  Agrilus 
texanus ,  n.  sp.,  Tex.;  A.  floridanus,  n.  sp.  Florida,  A.  imbellis ,  n.  sp. 
Florida;  95,  A.  pubiventris  Cr.=  cuneus  Lee.,  A.  addendus,  n.  sp.  Tex. ; 
A.  Walsinghami,  n.  sp.  Oregon;  96,  Taphrocerus  agriloides,  n.  sp.  Tex. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (3d  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Mass.  21)  describes  and 
figures  the  larva  of  Brachys  aeruginosa  Gory,  and  Metonius  loevigatus 
(Say). 

CERAMBY  CID  2E. 

J.  L.  LeConte  (Smithsonian  Miscellaneous  Contributions,  264  and 
265,  the  former  being  “n.  sp.”  the  latter  “Class.”)  Homaesthesis  (gen* 
nov.)  Class,  288;  Asemum  nitidum ,  n.  sp.  169,  Oregon;  Criocephalus 
montanus ,  n.  sp.  170,  Colorado;  Gonocallus  (gen.  nov.)  Class,  296,  n. 
sp.  171;  Gracilia  fasciata,  n.  sp.  171,  Lower  Cal. ;  Callidium  vile ,  n.  sp. 
172,  Cal.;  C.  hirtellum ,  n.  sp.  172,  Nevada;  Xylocrius  (gen.  nov.) 
Class,  296;  X.  cribratus,  n.  sp.  172,  Nevada;  Ganimus  (gen.  nov.) 
vittatus,  n.  sp.  173,  Cal. ;  Oeme  costata ,  n.  sp.  174,  Cal. ;  Eucrossus  (gen. 
nov.)  villicornis ,  n.  sp.  174,  175,  Ariz. ;  Haplidus  (gen.  nov.)  testaceus, 
n.  sp.  175,  176,  Cal.,  Utah;  Achryson  concolor,  n.  sp.  176,  Tex.;  Axes- 
tinus  (gen.  nov.)  obscurus ,  n.  sp.  177,  Tex. ;  Osmidus  (gen.  nov.) 
guttatus ,  n.  sp.  177,  178,  Lower  Cal. ;  Eburia  perforata ,  n.  sp.,  E.  ovi- 
collis,  n.  sp.  180,  Tex. ;  E.  tumida ,  n.  sp.  181,  Tex. ;  Elaphidion  aculea- 
turn,  n.  sp.  184,  Tex.;  E.  punctatum ,  n.  sp.  185,  Lower  Cal.;  Anedus 
(gen.  nov.)  Class,  302:  A.  volitans ,  n.  sp.  186,  Lower  Cal. ;  A.  prolixus , 
n.  sp.  203,  Lower  Cal.;  Eustroma  (gen.  nov.)  Class,  302;  Zamodes 
(gen.  nov.)  obscurus,  n.  sp.  188,  Penn.;  Compsa puncticollis,  n.  sp.  188, 
quadriplagiata ,  189,  Lower  Cal.;  Plectromerus  (gen.  nov.)  n.  sp.  189; 
Callimus  (gen.  nov.)  Class,  305 ;  C.  chalybceus ,  n.  sp.  189,  Cal. ;  Eumich- 
thus  (gen.  nov.)  cedipus,  u.  sp.  190,  Vane. ;  Phyton  discouleum,  n.  sp. 
191,  Lower  Cal.;  Hybodera  (gen.  nov.)  tubercidata ,  n.  sp.  191,  Cal.; 
Pilenxa  (gen.  nov.)  ruficolle,  n.  sp.  191,  192,  P.  cyanipenne,  n.  sp.  192, 
Cal.;  Megobrium  (gen.  nov.)  n.  sp.  192;  M.  Edwardsii,  n.  sp.  193,  Cal.; 
Molorclius  longicollis,  n.  sp.  192,  Cal. ;  Bhopalopliorus  Icevicollis,  n.  sp., 
193,  Tex. ;  Holopleura  (gen.  nov.)  n.  sp.  193 ;  II.  marginata,  II.  Helena , 
n.  sp.  194,  Cal. ;  Callichroma  cobaltinum,  n.  sp.  195,  Lower  Cal. ;  Schizax 
(gen.  nov.)  senex,  n.  sp.  195,  196,  Ariz.;  Crossidius  punctatus ,  n.  sp. 
197,  Oregon;  Gyllene  brevipennis,  n.  sp.  196,  Utah;  Glycobius  (gen. 
nov.)  Calloides  (gen.  nov.)  Class,  319;  Clytus  lanifer,  n.  sp.  198,  Cal.; 
X ylotreclius  convergens,  n.  sp.  198,  Ohio;  X.  insignis,  n.  sp.  199,  Cal.;: 
X.  obliteratus,  n.  sp.  199,  Col.;  Xeoclytus  torquatus,  n.  sp.  200,  Tex.; 
N.  balteatus,  n.  sp.  201,  Oregon;  X.  interrupts,  n.  sp.  201,  Cal.; 
Microclytus  (gen.  nov.)  Class.  320;  Euderces  Peichei,  n.  sp.  202,  Tex.; 


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COLEOPTERA. 


E.  parallelus,  n.  sp.  202,  Lower  Cal. ;  Zagymnus  (gen.  nov.)  clennus, 
n.  sp.  203-204.  Florida;  Necydalis  cavipennis,  n.  sp.  204,  Cal.;  Leptalia 
(gen.  nov.)  n.  sp.  204;  Centrodera  nevadica ,  n.  sp.  205,  Nevada;  Xylos- 
teus  ornatus,  n.  sp.  205,  Oregon  ;  Toxotus  obtusus,  n.  sp.  206,  Wyoming ; 
Pachyta  armata,  n.  sp.  207,  Oregon ;  P.  rugipennis ,  n.  sp.  207,  Canada ; 
Anthophilax  tenebrosus,  n.  sp.  208,  Cal.;  Acmaeops  pingnis,  n.  sp.  210, 
Cal.;  A.  ligata,  n.  sp.  211,  Montana;  A.  basalis,  u.  sp.  211,  Cal.; 
Bellamira  (gen.  nov.)  Class,  328 ;  Strangalia  virilis,  n.  sp.  212,  Tex. ; 
Typocemts  brunnicornis ,  n.  sp.  214,  Tex. ;  Leptura  gigas,  n.  sp.  223, 
Tex. ;  L.  soror,  n.  sp.  223,  Cal. ;  L.  plagifera ,  n.  sp.  224,  Cal. ;  L.  rubida , 
n.  sp.  524,  Cal. ;  L.  tribalteata,  n.  sp.  224,  Cal. ;  L.  quadrata,  n.  sp.  225, 
Saskatchewan ;  L.  grossa,  n.  sp.  225,  Cal. ;  L.  brevicornis,  n.  sp.  226, 
Nevada;  L.  coccineci,  n.  sp.  226,  Cal. ;  L.  hirtella,  n.  sp.  226,  Labrador; 

L.  crassicornis,  n.  sp.  227,  Cal. ;  L.  Behrensii,  n.  sp.  227,  Cal. ;  L. 
gncithoides,  n.  sp.  228,  Oregon;  L.  cispera,  n.  sp.  228,  Vane. ;  L.  spuria, 
n.  sp.  228,  Oregon;  Monilema  gigas ,  n.  sp.  M.  forte ,  n.  sp.  230,  Ariz. ; 

M.  obtusum ,  n.  sp.  230,  Utah;  Monohammus  minor ,  n.  sp.  231,  Georgia 
=  ?  titillator  var. ;  M.  oregonensis,  n.  sp.  230,  Oregon  =  scutellatus,  Say ; 
Lopliopocum  volitans,  n.  sp.  232,  Lower  Cal. ;  Leptostylus  Palmeri,  n.  sp. 
233,  Ariz.;  L.  planidorsus,  n.  sp.  233,  Louisiana;  L.  parvus,  n.  sp.  234, 
Western  States ;  iSternidius  (gen.  nov.)  crassulus,  n.  sp.  234-235,  Lower 
Cal. ;  Eutessus  (gen.  nov.)*  asper,  n.  sp.  235,  236,  Lower  Cal. ;  Eupogo- 
nius  pubescens,  n.  sp.  236,  Ohio ;  Pogonocherus  crinitus,  n.  sp.  Cal. ;  P. 
simplex,  n.  sp.  Cal.;  P.?  sordidus,  n.  sp.  Lower  Cal.,  237;  Mecas  mar- 
ginclla,  n.  sp.  239,  Tex. ;  Styloxus  (gen.  nov.)  lucanus,  n.  sp.  239,  240, 
Lower  Cal. ;  Dyspliaga  Icevis,  n.  sp.  240,  Illinois ;  Metliia  punctata,  n. 
sp.  240,  Santo  Domingo. 

BRU  CHID  JE. 

G.  H.  Horn  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  311-342)  Caryoborus  Veseyi,  n. 
sp.  313,  Lower  Cal.;  Bruchus  sordidus,  n.  sp.  319,  Lower  Cal.;  B. 
impiger,  n.  sp.  323,  Cal. ;  B.  UlJcei,  n.  sp.  324,  Ariz. ;  B.  bivulneratus,  n. 
sp-.  325,  Southern  and  Western  States;  B.  cruentatus,  n.  sp.  325,  South¬ 
ern  and  Western  States ;  B.  limbatus,  n.  sp.  326,  Lower  Cal. ;  B.  dis¬ 
color,  n.  sp.  326,  Tex. ;  B.  nigrinus,  n.  sp.  327,  Penn. ;  B.  pruininus,  n. 
sp.  327,  Ariz. ;  B.  aureolus,  n.  sp.  329,  Cal. ;  B.  Floridae,  n.  sp.  332, 
Florida;  B.  protractus,  n.  sp.  332,  Lower  Cal. ;  B.  pectoralis,  n.  sp.  333, 
Tex.;  B.  bisignatus,  n.  sp.  334,  Kansas;  B.  alb o scutellatus,  n.  sp.  334, 
Georgia;  B.  perforatus,  n.  sp.  335,  Ariz. ;  B.  distinguendus,  n.  sp.  336, 
Georgia;  B.  paterculus,  n.  sp.  336,  Kansas;  B.  calvus,  n.  sp.  336,  Mass., 
Tenn. ;  B.  amicus,  n.  sp.  337,  Tex. ;  B.  longistylus,  n.  sp.  339,  Dist. 
Col.;  B.  Scliranlcice,  n.  sp.  339,  Mo.;  B.  mixtus,  n.  sp.  340,  Utah;  B. 

*  This  genus  was  previously  described  by  Mr.  H.  W.  Bates  as  Mecotetartus 
Ti’ans.  Ent.  Soc.  Lond.  1872,  p.  213  [.Lee.] 


COLEOPTERA. 


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placidus,  n.  sp.  341,  Ariz. ;  B.  cxiguas,  n.  sp.  341,  Kansas  ;  B  sevunulum, 
n.  sp.  342,  Penn.,  Cal.;  B.  macrocerus,  n.  sp.  342,  Dist.  Col.,  Tenn. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (3d  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Mass.)  notices  the  habits  of 
Bruchus  fabce,  Riley. 

CHRYSOMELIDJE. 

G.  R  Crotch  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sc.,  19-83)  Donacia  pubicollis,  n. 
sp.  21,  Illinois  ( pubicollis  Suffrian,  1872)  ;  D.  texana,  n.  sp.  22,  Tex. ; 
Zeugophora  varians,  Z.  puberula,  Z.  consanguinea ,  n.  sp.  23,  Illinois; 
Lema  texana ,  n.  sp.  25,  Tex. ;  L.  peninsulas,  n.  sp.  25,  Lower  Cal. ;  L. 
Sayi,  n.  sp.  26,  Gulf  States;  Coscinoptera  aenescens ,  n.  sp.  29,  Georgia; 
C.  major,  n.  sp.  29,  Tex.;  Monaclius  thoracica ,  n.  sp.  31,  Florida; 
Griburius  Lecontei,  n.  sp.  32,  T ex.  y  Pachybrachys  Xanti,  n.  sp.  32, 
Lower  Cal. ;  Fidia  murina,  n.  sp.  33,  U.  S. ;  Heteraspis  marcassita,  n.  sp. 
35,  Pa.  Ga. ;  GlyptosceKs  illustris,  n.  sp.  35,  Cal. ;  G.  squammulatus,  n. 
sp.  36,  Cal. ;  G.  alternatus,  n.  sp.  36,  Cal. ;  Typophorus  metasternalis,  n. 
sp.  38,  Ill. ;  T.  oregonensis,  n.  sp.  39, 'Oregon  ;  Clialcoparia  (gen.  nov.) 
39;  Paria  Icevicollis,  n.  sp.  40,  Penn.;  P.  viridicyanea,  n.  sp.  40,  Ill.; 
Metaparia  (gen.  nov.)  clytroides,  n.  sp.  40,  Tex. ;  Metaehroma  angustu- 
lum,  n.  sp.  41,  Mo.;  M.  californicum,  n.  sp.  41,  Cal.;  M.  peninsular  e,  n. 
sp.  42,  Lower  Cal. ;  M.  vicinum,  n.  sp.  43,  South  Car. ;  M.  marginale , 
n.  sp.  43,  North  Car.;  M.  floridanum,  n.  sp.  43,  Florida;  J\l.  Icevicolle , 
n.  sp.  43,  North  Car. ;  M.  pellucidum ,  n.  sp.  43,  North  Car. ;  M.  laterale , 
n.  sp.  44,  North  Car.  Kansas;  Colaspis  Arizonce,  n.  sp.  45,  Ariz.;  C. 
nigrocyanea,  n.  sp.  45,  Ariz. ;  Plagiodera,  Arizonce  n.  sp.  53,  Ariz. ; 
Luperus  brunneus,  n.  sp.  54,  North  Car. ;  Androlyperus  (gen.  nov.) 
fulvus,  n.  sp.  55,  Cal. ;  Galerucella  (gen.  nov.)  55;  Ilypolampsis  Mellyi, 
n.  sp.  58,  Kansas ;  Oedionychis  opacior ,  0.  lustrans,  0.  octomaculatci,  n. 
sp.  60,  Tex. ;  O.  inter jectionis,  n.  sp.  61,  Tex. ;  O.  circumcincta,  n.  sp.  62, 
Southern  States;  0.  flavocyanea ,  n.  sp.  62,  Tex. ;  0.  thyamoicles  n.  sp. 
63,  Western  States;  0.  texana,  n.  sp.  63,  Tex.;  Batophila  cyanipennis , 
n.  sp.  65,  Tex. ;  Orchestris  Zimmermanni,  n.  sp.  66,  Missouri ;  0.  ore¬ 
gonensis,  n.  sp.  66,  Oregon ;  0.  Lewisii,  n.  sp.  66,  Col. ;  0.  ceneicollis,  n. 
sp.  67,  Middle  and  Southern  States;  0.  cliaUjbeipennis,  n.  sp.  67,  N.  J. ; 
Aphthona  texana ,  n.  sp.  67,  Tex.;  Systena  collaris,  n.  sp.  68,  Tex.; 
Orthaltica  (gen.  nov.)  69;  0.  recticornis,  n.  sp.  70,  Cal.;  Luperaltica 
(gen.  nov.)  70;  Ilaltica  Burgessi,  n.  sp.  71,  Fla. ;  Crepidodera  scabricula , 
n.  sp.  71,  Tex.;  C.  nana,  n.  sp.  72,  South  Car.;  Epitrix  fuscula,  E. 
lobata,  n.  sp.  72,  South  Car.;  Mantura  Floridana,  n.  sp.  73,  Fla.; 
Cercitaltica  (gen.  nov.),  73;  Clicetocnema  crenulata,  n.  sp.  74,  North 
Car. ;  C.  alutacea,  n.  sp.  74,  Fla. ;  C.  parcepunctata,  n.  sp.  74,  Penn. ; 
C.  Texana ,  n.  sp.  74,  Tex. ;  C.  confinis,  n.  sp.  75,  North  Car. ;  C. 
elongcitala,  n.  sp.  75,  Col. ;  Euplectroscelis  (gen.  nov.)  Xanti,  n.  sp.  75. 
Lower  Cal. ;  Chelymorplia  Lewisii,  n.  sp.  77,  Col. ;  C.  pluytopliagica ,  n. 


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COLEOPTEEA. 


sp.  77,  Ariz. ;  Cassida  Texana,  n.  sp.  78,  Tex. ;  Coptocycla  Arizonce ,  n. 
sp.  78,  Ariz. ;  C.  Lecontei ,  n.  sp.  79,  Ariz. ;  Odontota  omogera ,  n.  sp.  80, 
Tampico;  0.  Walshii,  n.  sp.  81,  Ill. 

TENEBRIONID^E. 

Y.  Motschoulsky  (Bull.  Mosc.,  1873,  pt.  2)  Oplocephala  gracilis 
n.  sp.,  p.  467,  Ohio  (=  bicornis)  ;  0.  castanea  n.  sp.,  p.  467,  New  Or¬ 
leans  (=  PEvoplus  ferrugineus)  ;  Platydema  nigritum  n.  sp.,  p.  470, 
New  Orleans  (=P.  excavatum)  ;  P.  oblongulum  n.  sp.,  p.  470,  Florida 
(=  subcostatum) ;  Neomida  Texana  n.  sp.,  p.  478,  Texas  (=  ?janus); 
N.  nigrata  n.  sp.,  p.  478,  Cal.  (=  ?  Oregonense)  ;  N.  flavicornis  n.  sp., 
p.  479,  New  Orleans  (=  erythrocerum) ;  Pentaphyllus  americanus  n. 
sp.,  p.  482,  Georgia  (=  pallidus). 

MELOIDJE. 

Geo.  H.  Horn  (Proc.  Amer.  Pliil.  Soc.,  88-117)  Epicauta  caviceps 
n.  sp.  99,  Ariz;  E.  Wheeleri  Ulke,  n.  sp.  101,  Ariz. ;  E.  funebris,  n.  sp. 
102,  Texas ;  Cantharis  lugubris  Ulke,  n.  sp.  107,  Cal. 

CURCULIO  NIDiE. 

Geo.  H.  Horn  (Proc.  Amer.  Phil.  Soc.,  407-469).  Scyphopho?'us 
robustior ,  n.  sp.  409;  S.  Yuccce ,  n.  sp.  410,  Cal.;  Metamasins  (gen. 
nov.)  410;  Sphenophorus  JJlkei ,  n.  sp.  413,  Nebraska;  S.  robustus,  n. 
sp.  419,  U.  S. ;  S.  costipennis ,  n.  sp.  420,  U.  S. ;  S.  latinasus,  n.  sp,  421, 
Ga ;  S.  scoparius,  n.  sp.  424,  Wisconsin ;  S.  Arizonensis,  n.  sp.  428,  Ariz. ; 
S.  cultellatus,  n.  sp.  429,  Kansas;  S.  German ,  n.  sp.  430,  Ks.,  Texas; 
Dryotribus  (gen.  nov.)  432,  D.  mimeticus,  n.  sp.  433,  Florida;  Wollas- 
tonia  (gen.  nov.)  433;  Amaurorhinus  nitens,  n.  sp.  434,  Fla. ;  Elassoptes 
(gen.  nov.)  marinus ,  n.  sp.  436,  Cal. ;  Cossonus  Bohemanni  n.  sp.  438, 
U.  S. ;  C.  crenatus,  n.  sp.  440,  Cal. ;  C.  pinguis,  n.  sp.  442,  Georgia,  Fla. ; 
C.  dubius,  n.  sp.  442,  Missouri;  Phloeophagus  apionides  n.  sp.,  P.  minor 
n.  sp.  443,  Penn. ;  Bliyncolus protractus,  n.  sp.  444,  Cal. ;  P.  Oregonensis, 
n.  sp.  445,  Oreg. ;  ITexartlirum  Ulkei,  n.  sp.  446,  F).  C. ;  Otidocephalus 
vittatus,  n.  sp.  448,  Cal. ;  O.  Ulkei ,  n.  sp.  449,  Lower  Cal. ;  O.  Chevro- 
latii,  n.  sp.  450,  Middle  States;  O.  Icevicollis,  n.  sp.  451,  Georgia;  O. 
perforatns,  n.  sp.  451,  Md. ;  Magdalis  perforata ,  n.  sp.  453,  Georgia; 
M.  cuneiformis ,  n.  sp.  453,  Neb.;  JSI.  Lecontei,  n.  sp.  454,  Ks.  Cal.;  31. 
salicis,  n.  sp.  455,  Penn. ;  31.  inconspicua,  n.  sp.  456,  Penn. ;  Balaninus 
quercns,  n.  sp.  458,  N.  Y. ;  B.  caryce,  n.  sp.  460,  N.  Y. ;  Orchestes  niger, 
n.  sp.  462,  Canada;  O.  subhirtus,  n.  sp.  462,  Ill. ;  Bliyssomatus  cequalis, 
n.  sp.  464,  Penn. ;  Bli.  pubescens,  n.  sp.  465,  Cal. ;  Chalcodermus  ince- 
quicollis,  n.  sp.  467,  Ga. ;  C.  collaris,  n.  sp.  467,  Tex. ;  Analcis  varie- 
gatas,  n.  sp.  468,  Ill. 


HEMIPTERA. 


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SCOLYTIDJE. 

C.  V.  Riley  (5th  Ann.  Rep.  103)  gives  an  account  of  Scolytus  caryce 
Riley,  which  is  however  C.  quadrispinosus  Say. 


HEMIPTERA. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (American  Naturalist,  vii).  In¬ 
jurious  and  Beneficial  Insects. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Fifth  Annual  Report  on  the  Insects  of 
Missouri),  p.  12,  defines  the  Hemipteva,  and  specifies  the 
distinctive  characters  of  the  two  great  divisions  Heterop- 
tera  and  Ilomoptera. 

C.  Staal.  (Kongl.  Svensk  Vetensk.  Akad.,  Hand- 
lingar,  Yol.  11,  No.  2).  Enumeratio  Hemipt. 

F.  Walker  (Canadian  Entomologist,  v,  172). 

T.  Gr.  Gentry  (Observations  on  certain  Plant  lice, 
Canadian  Entomologist,  v,  121). 

(HETEROPTERA.) 

LYGJEIDJE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (oth  Rep.,  Ill)  reports  a  new  enemy  to  the  Grape  Vine, 
Potato,  Cabbage,  and  to  the  Cruciferous  plants,  which  he  describes 
under  the  name  of  JSfysius  destructor  Riley ;  at  the  same  place  he  also 
figures  Micropus  leucopterus  Say. 

PHYTOCORIDyE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (5th  Rep.,  154,  note)  reports  Lygus  robinice  Uhl.,  Ortlio- 
tylus  discoidalis  Ulil.,  and  Cyllocoris  scutellatus  Uhl.,  as  injurious  to 
Yuccas,  in  puncturing  and  sucking  the  fruit. 

ACANTHIIDJE. 

C.  Staal  (Enumeratio  Hemipt.,  iii,  p.  148)  describes  as  new  Acanthia 
coxalis,  Cuba;  A.  luctuosa ,  California,  and  reports  A.  Signoretii  Guer., 
Cuba;  A.  saltatoria  Linn.,  New  York;  A.  pallipes  Fabr.,  Sitka;  A. 
ligata  Say,  A.  hirta  Say,  Indiana ;  A.  lugubris  Say,  A.  interstitialis  Say, 
Missouri;  A.  humilis  Say,  Florida;  A.  confluens  Say,  North  America; 
A.  stellatci  Curtis,  Arctic  America;  A.  ornata  Staal,  Mexico. 


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HEMIPTERA. 


TINGITIDiE. 

C.  Staal  (Enumeratio  Hemipt.,  iii,  p.  122)  describes  as  new  Acalypta 
Tomsonii ,  South  Carolina ;  Corythucha  fascigera ,  Mexico  ;  Gargaphia 
fasciata,  Illinois;  Tingis  clavata,  New  York;  T.  lurida,  Illinois;  T. 
uniformis,  Illinois,  and  reports  Corythucha  ciliata  Say,  New  Jersey;  C. 
arcuata  Say,  Texas;  C.  hyalina  H.  Sclif.,  North  America;  C.gossypii 
Fabr.,  Cuba,  C.  decens  Staal,  Mexico;  C.  juglandis  Fitch,  New  Jersey; 
Gargaphia  patricia  Staal,  Mexico;  Leptostyla  oblonga  Say,  New  Jersey; 
Phycatochila  plexa  Say,  Illinois ;  Leptoypha  mutica  Say,  Texas ;  Teleo- 
nomia  sacchari  Fab.,  Cuba ;  T.  Belfragei  Staal,  Texas  ;  Monantliia  tabida 
H.  Sclif.,  Mexico. 

ARAD  ID  JE. 

C.  Staal  (Enumeratio  Hemipt.,  iii,  p.  136)  describes  as  new  Aradus 
pallidicornis,  A.  gracilicornis  and  Brachyrliynchus  abdominalis,  all 
from  Cuba;  and  records  Aradus  cequalis  Say,  A.  robustus  Uliler,  New 
Jersey;  A .  fusco-annulatus  Staal,  California;  A.  similis  Say,  So.  Caro¬ 
lina  ;  A.  acutus  Say,  Texas ;  A.  cinnamomeus  Panzer,  Texas  ;  A.  quadri- 
lineatus  Say,  Missouri;  A.  crenatus  Say,  Missouri;  A.  rectus  Say, 
Florida;  A.  tuberculifer  Kirby,  and  A.  affinis  Kirby,  North  America. 
He  also  describes  Aradus  niger ,  from  South  Carolina,  and  reports 
Herceus  annuliger  Staal,  Mexico ;  Artagerus  liistricus  Staal,  Dysodius  cre- 
nulatus  Staal,  Cinyphus  emargincitus  Staal,  Mexico ;  Brachyrliynchus  lo- 
batus  Say,  Texas ;  B.  granulatus  Say,  Baltimore ;  Neuroctenus  litigiosus 
Staal,  Mexico;  Aneurus  politus  Say,  Florida;  A.  inconstans  Uliler,  A. 
simplex  Uhler,  North  America. 

CIMICID^E. 

C.  Staal  (Enumeratio  Hemipt.,  iii,  p.  101)  reports  Lyctocoris  Fitcliii 
Reuter,  New  York;  Dolichomerus  elongatus  Reuter,  D.  Stalii  Reuter, 
South  Carolina ;  Piezostethus  sordidus  Reuter,  Texas ;  P.  binotatus 
Reuter,  South  Carolina;  Scolopostethus  flavicornis  Reuter,  Texas;  La- 
siocliilus  pallidulus  Reuter,  Dilasia  fuscula  Reuter,  Dasypterus  assimi- 
lis  Reuter,  all  from  South  Carolina;  Triphleps  rugicollis  Reuter,  Texas  ; 
T.  latulus  Reuter,  New  Jersey;  T.  insicliosus  Say,  New  York;  Cardi- 
astetlius  luridellus  Fieber,  Pennsylvania. 

NABIDJE. 

C.  Staal  (Enumeratio  Hemipt.,  iii,  p.  108)  describes  as  new  Pagasa 
pallipes,  Texas ;  P.  nitida,  Wisconsin,  and  reports  Alloeorhynchus 
trimacula  Stein,  Mexico,  and  Prostemma  fuscum  Stein,  Pennsylvania. 
He  sets  aside  the  commonly  known  genus  Nabis  Latr.,  for  the  more 
ancient  one  of  Sclirank,  viz.,  Coriscus ;  and  in  it  he  records  C.  sub- 
coleoptratus  Kirby,  Wisconsin;  C.  crassipes  Reuter,  Mexico;  C.  seri- 
cans  Reuter,  Texas;  C.  sordidus  Reuter,  Yera  Cruz;  C.  pallescens 


HEMIPTERA. 


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Reuter,  Wisconsin  ;  C.  annulatus  Reuter,  Illinois  ;  C.  inscriptus  Kirby, 
America  borealis;  C.  rufusculus  Reuter,  New  York;  C.  ferns  Linn., 
America  borealis ;  C.  Kalmii  Reuter,  Wisconsin ;  G.  roseipennis  Reuter, 
Wisconsin ;  C.  punctipes  Reuter,  New  Jersey ;  C.  propinquns  Reuter, 
Wisconsin ;  C.  vicarius  Reuter,  Illinois ;  G.  nigriventris  Staal,  Mexi¬ 
co;  C.  Canadensis  Provancher,  Canada.  This  last  is  the  previously 
described  C.  coleoptratus  Kirby ;  Metatropiphorus  Belfragei  Reuter, 
Texas. 


(HOMOPTERA.) 

FULGORIDJE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (5tli  Rep.,  122)  figures  and  notes  the  habits  of  Poeci- 
loptera  pruinosa  Say,  in  puncturing  and  depositing  eggs  in  the  tender 
twigs  of  the  Sassafras.  . 

CICADID.ZE. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (American  Naturalist,  vii,  537)  describes  the  re¬ 
currence  of  Cicada  septendecim  Linn.,  and  notes  its  injuries  to  forest 
and  fruit  treesi 

MEMBRACIDJE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (5th  Rep.,  121)  details  the  habits  of  Ceresa  diceros  Say, 
and  figures  the  young  and  adult. 

APHIDS. 

T.  G.  Gentry  (Can.  Ent.,  v,  121)  notices  the  development  of  a 
species  of  Aphis  occurring  upon  the  shoots  of  Bumex  crispus. 

F.  Walker  (Can.  Ent.,  v,  172)  notes  the  agreement  of  certain  Euro¬ 
pean  and  American  Aphides ,  and  believes  that  the  difference  in  manner 
of  life  reported  in  the  paper  of  Mr.  Gentry  does  not  really  occur. 

COCCIDJE. 

C.  V.  Riley  (5th  Rep.  57)  gives  a  detailed  history  of  Phylloxera 
vastatrix,  Planchon,  and  adds  extensive  and  important  details  re¬ 
specting  the  habits  and  classification  of  Mytilaspis  pomicorticis  Riley, 
and  M.  pinifolice  Fitch. 


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ORTHOPTERA. 


ORTIIOPTERA. 

F.  B.  Caulfield  (Canadian  Entomologist,  v,  60).  A 
note  on  Diapheromera. 

T.  Gloyer  (Monthly  Reports  of  the  Agricultural  De¬ 
partment)  .  A  note  on  the  ravages  of  Calopteni. 

S.  I.  Smith  (Ann.  Rep.  Sec.  Conn.  Board  Agric., 
1872,  pp.  345-383).  Report  of  the  Entomologist  to  the 
Connecticut  Board  of  Agriculture.  The  reporter  gives 
a  popular  account  of  "Grasshoppers  and  their  allies”  with 
tables  of  the  families  and  genera  found  in  the  state.  A 
list  of  sixty-one  species  occurring  in  Connecticut  is  ap¬ 
pended ;  no  new  species  are  mentioned. 

C.  Thomas  (U.  S.  Geol.  Surv.  Territories).  Acriclidae 
of  North  America.  This  is  the  most  extensive  work  that 
has  ever  appeared  upon  the  Orthoptera  of  North  America. 

. .  (Sixth  Annual  Rep.  U.  S.  Geol.  Surv. 

Territories,  pp.  719-725).  Notes  on  Orthoptera.  The 
author  offers  a  few  general  remarks  on  the  Orthoptera 
collected  in  1872  by  the  Survey  ;  they  are  almost  entirely 
upon  the  Acridians,  and  the  descriptions  of  and  special 
remarks  on  the  species  which  follow  confined  to  that 
family.  Other  papers  of  this  author  exclusively  upon 
Acrydii,  have  appeared  in  the  "Proceedings  of  the  Phila¬ 
delphia  Academy”  and  the  "American  Naturalist.” 

gryllides. 

S.  I.  Smith  (Conn.  Ent.  Rep.)  gives  an  account  of  the  injuries  and 
stridulation  of  CEcanthus  niveus,  with  notices  of  the  ground  and  mole- 
crickets  ;  the  following  species  are  accredited  to  the  state  :  CEcanthus 
niveus ,  Nemobius  fasciatus,  1SF.  vittatus,  Gryllus  luctuosus,  G.  abbrevi- 
atus,  G.  neglectus,  G.  domesticus  [the  first  time  it  has  been  recorded 
from  New  England],  Gryllotalpa  borealis,  G.  Columbia  and  Tridactylus 
terminalis. 

LOCUST  ARIJE. 

S.  I.  Smith  (Conn.  Ent.  Rep.)  refers  to  the  habits  and  stridulation 
of  several  species,  especially  of  Cyrtopliyllus  concavus,  Phylloptera 
oblongifolia,  Plianeroptera  curvicauda,  Orclielimum  vulgare,  Conoceph- 


ORTHOPTERA. 


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alus  robustus  and  Ceuthophilus  maculatus ;  besides  the  foregoing,  the 
following  species  are  said  to  be  found  in  Connecticut :  Phylloptera 
rotundifolia ,  Microcentrum  affiliatum,  Gonocephalus  ensiger ,  Xiphulium 
fasdatum,  X.  brevipenne ,  Orchelimum  concinnum ,  0.  glaberrimum , 
Thyreonotus  pachymerus  and  T.  dorsalis. 

ACRID  II. 

T.  Glover  (Monthly  Reports  Dep’t  Agric.  pp.  238,  347-8,  427-8, 
498,  578-9)  gives  brief  accounts  of  the  injuries  done  by  Caloptenus 
spretus ,  C.  femur -rubrum  and  undetermined  species  of  the  same  genus, 
in  the  states  of  N.  Hampshire,  New  York,  Virginia,  W.  Virginia, 
Tennessee,  Kentucky,  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  Minnesota, 
Iowa,  Missouri,  Kansas,  Louisiana,  Texas,  Nebraska,  Montana,  Dakota, 
Colorado  and  California. 

S.  I.  Smith  (Conn.  Ent.  Rep.)  gives  notices  of  the  destructive  pro¬ 
pensities  and  general  characters  of  a  number  of  species,  especially  of 
Caloptenus  bivittatus,  C.  femur-rubrum ,  C.  spretus ,  (Edipoda  phcenicop- 
tera,  Tragocephala  viridifasciata  and  Chloealtis  conspersa ;  besides  the 
above,  the  following  are  said  to  occur  in  the  state  :  Qpomala  brachyp- 
tera,  Acridium  alutaceum,  A.  rubiginosum ,  Pezotettix  Scudderi,  Arcyp- 
tera  lineata,  (Edipoda  Carolina,  E.  xanthoptera ,  (E .  sulphurea ,  (E . 
cequalis,  E.  verruculata,  E.  maritima ,  E.  marmorata ,  E.  eucerata , 
E.  pellucida,  E.  sordida ,  Chloealtis  viridis,  C.  punctulata ,  Stenobothrus 
curtipennis,  S.  maculipennis ,  Tettix  granulata,  T.  ornata,  T.  cucullata , 
T.  triangularis,  Tettigidea  lateralis ,  T.  polymorpha  and  Batrachidea  cris- 
tata. 

C.  Thomas  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sc.  Phil.  1873,  295-7).  Descriptions 
of  new  species  of  Ortlioptera  collected  in  Nevada,  Utah  and  Arizona, 
by  the  expedition  under  Lieut.  G.  M.  Wheeler.  Describes  Pedioscer- 
tetes,  nov.  gen.,  P.  Nevadensis ,  nov.  sp.  (no  loc.)  and  Acridium  Shoshone 
nov.  sp.  (S.  E.  Nevada  and  S.  W.  Utah). 

- (Report  of  the  U.  S.  Geol.  Surv.  of  the  Territories, Vol. 

v,  Part  I).  The  Acrididse  of  North  America.  The  author  divides  his 
work  into  Part  I,  Synopsis  of  the  Acrididse  of  North  America  [north 
of  Mexico]  (pp.  1-190)  and  Part  II,  Acrididse  of  North  America  not 
found  in  the  United  States  (pp.  191-262).  The  work  is  accompanied 
by  a  single  uncolored  plate.  The  following  species  are  figured  Tro- 
pidolophus  formosus,  Rhomalea  centurio,  Tragocephala  viridifasciata, 
Brachypeplus  magnus,  Caloptenus  differentials,  Oxycoryphus  compres- 
sicornis  (European  !),  Acridium  Americanum,  Stenobothrus  sp.  (Euro¬ 
pean!),  Pyrgomorpha  punctipennis,  Boopedon  nubilum,  Tryxalis 
brevipennis,  Acrolophitus  hirtipes,  Tettix  sp.  (European!),  Pezotet¬ 
tix  sp.  (European!),  Opomala  bivittata,  Stauronotus  sp.  (European!). 
Part  I  includes  a  list  of  authorities,  4  pp.,  an  Introduction,  27  pp, 


40 


ORTHOPTERA. 


giving  an  account  of  the  external  and  internal  structure,  the  mode  of 
oviposition  and  stridulation  of  Acridians;  a  chapter  on  classification, 
13  pp,  in  which  the  arrangement  of  the  families  of  Ortlioptera,  as 
given  by  different  authors,  is  discussed,  and  is  followed  by  the  special 
treatment  of  the  Acridians ;  a  brief  account  of  the  geographical  dis¬ 
tribution  of  the  genera  and  species  of  North  America,  4  pp.,  according 
as  they  occur  in  the  following  divisions: — 1.  British  America;  2. 
Eastern  United  States  (from  the  west  line  of  Missouri,  or  eastern 
border  of  Great  Plains,  to  the  Atlantic  coast)  ;  3.  The  Rocky  Moun¬ 
tain  district;  4.  The  Pacific  coast;  5.  Mexico;  6.  West  Indies;  7. 
Central  America.  This  is  succeeded  by  notes  on  the  geographical  dis¬ 
tribution  of  some  United  States  species,  4  pp.,  belonging  to  the  genera 
Mesops,  Opomala,  Pvrgomorpha,  Chrysochraon,  Acrolophitus,  Pedios- 
certetes,  Stenobothrus,  Stetlieophyma,  Tragocepliala,  Tomonotus, 
Stauronotus,  Tropidoloplius,  CEdipoda,  Boopedon,  Brachypeplus,  Pez- 
otettix,  Platyphyma,  Ommatolampis,  Caloptenus,  Acridium,  Tropida- 
cris  and  Rhomalea.  A  synoptical  table  of  the  United  States  genera 
follows,  4  pp.  The  bulk  of  the  Part,  commencing  at  p.  55,  is  occupied 
with  the  description  of  the  species,  genera  and  higher  groups  of 
Acridians  found  north  of  Mexico.  The  author  adopts  the  following 
system : — 


SUB¬ 

FAMILIES. 


DIVI¬ 

SIONS. 


SECTIONS. 


GROUPS. 


GENERA. 


Acridime... 


f  Microcerides.  Proscopini . 

Conoce-  I 

phalides.  |  r  Tryxalini . 

[  Macrocerides 

i.  Trigonopterygini.. 


*r 

Orthoce- 
rides.. . 


'  (Edipodini, 

< 


(unrepresented). 
f  Tryxalis. 
i  Mesops. 
j  Opomala. 

(  Pyrgomorplia. 

(unrepresented). 
r  Oxycoryphus. 
Chrysochraon. 
Acrolophitus. 
Pedioscertetes. 
Strenobothrus. 
Gomphocerus. 

.  Stetheophyma. 
Tragocepliala. 
CEdipoda. 
Tropidoloplius. 
Stauronotus. 
Boopedon. 
Brachypeplus. 


Acridini 


'  Pezotettix. 
Platyphyma. 
Ommatolampis. 
}  Caloptenus. 
Acridium. 
Tropidacris. 


Xiphoce-  i  Xiphocerini .  Rhomalea. 

.  rides...  |  Phymatini .  (unrepresented). 


r  r  Tettix. 

Tettigime..  ■]  )  Tettigidea. 

L  [  Batrachidea. 


ORTHOPTERA. 


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The  following  genera  and  species  of  United  States  Acridians  are 
described,  those  considered  new  being  italicized  :  Tryxalis  brevipennis 
(Fla.) ;  Mesops  Wyomingensis,  ehlorizans  (=  ?  Op.  Mexicana  Sauss.)  ; 
Opomala  carinata,  aptera,  brachyptera,  punctipennis,  bivittat.a,  Neo- 
rnexicana,  varipes,  inarginieollis ;  Pyrgomorpha  brevicornis  puncti¬ 
pennis  (E.  Tenn.) ;  Oxycoryphus  obscurus;  Chrysochraon  abdominalis , 
(Montana),  viridis,  consperstim  [sic  !]  (=Chl.  abortiva  Harr.,  Sten.  me- 
lanopleurus  Scudd.)  punctulatum  [sic!];  Acrolophitus  liirtipes ;  Pedi- 
oscertetes  Nevadensis  ;  Stenobothrus  occipitalis  (Colorado,  etc.)  Colora- 
dus  (=  bicolor  Thom  ),  tricarinatus  (Wyoming),  admirabilis,  subeon- 
spersus,  speciosus,  maculipennis,  sequalis,  bilineatus,  propinquans,  cur- 
tipennis  (=  longipennis  Scndd.),  occidentalis,  brunneus,  quadrimacu- 
latus,  gracilis,  peliclnus;  Gomphocerus  clavatus  (Kansas),  simplex; 
Stetheophyma  lineata,  gracilis,  platyptera;  Tragocephala  obiona, 
pacitica  (Cala.),  infuscata,  viridifasciata;  Tomonotus  snlphureus,  xan- 
thopterus,  carinatus,  tenebrosus  (=  pseudonietanus  Thom.),  CEdi- 
poda  venusta,  marmorata,  costalis,  Wyomingiana,  collaris,  sequalis, 
verruculata,  sordida,  longipennis,  Carolina,  fenestralis,  eucerata,  Hay- 
denii,  gracilis,  Kiowa,  cincta,  Plattei  (Colorado,  Wyoming)  maritima, 
undulata,  Carlingiana,  trifasciata  (=  pruinosa  Thom.).  Hoffmann  (no 
loc.),  neglocta,  Montana,  corallipes,  Haldemanii,  paradoxa,  rugosa, 
discoidea,  plicenicoptera,  parviceps,  atrox,  pellucida;  Tropidolophus 
formosus;  Stauronotus  Elliotti;  Boopedon  nubilum  (=  nigrum  Thom.), 
flavofasciatum ;  Brachypcplus  magnus;  Pezotettix  obesa,  picta,  gla- 
cialis,  manca,  Borckii,  Zimmermanii,  longicornis,  Nebrascensis,  uni¬ 
color  (Ill.),  edax,  Scudderi,  borealis,  Dodgei;  Platyphyma  Montana 
(Montana);  Ommatolampis  viridis;  Caloptenus  Turnbullii,  repletus, 
seriptus,  bilituratus,  occidentalis,  punctulatus,  femur-rubrum,  spretus, 
griseus,  bivittatus,  differential  is ;  Chromacris  colorata;  Acridium 
frontalis,  unilineatum,  rubiginosum  (=  ?A.  dainnificum  Sauss.),  alu- 
taceum,  emarginatum,  Americanum,  Ambiguum,  obscurum,  Shoshone; 
Tropiclacris  dux ;  lthomalea  centurio  (=  Acrid,  micropterum  Pal.,  Diet, 
guttatus  Blanch.),  Marci  (=  It.  gigantea  Bunn.  Diet,  reticulatus 
Thumb.)  ;  Tettix  granulata,  ornata,  cucullata,  femorata,  triangularis, 
rugosa,  oxvcephala,  Harrisii  (undescribecl),  Tettigidea  lateralis,  poly- 
morpha;  Batrachidea  cristata,  carinata. 

In  Part  II  he  describes  the  following  Acridians  of  North  America, 
not  known  to  occur  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States.  None  of 
them  are  new.  (Tryxalini)  Tryxalis  Sumichrasti;  Opomala  varipes, 
punctipennis,  marginicollis,  crassipes,  Mexicana,  stenobothroides  ; 
Ichthydion  Mexicanum ;  Pegasidion  volitans;  Sphenarium  purpuras- 
cens,  Mexicanum;  (CEdipodini)  Ilippiscus  ocelote;  Machserocera 
Mexicana;  Oxycoryphus  Toltecus,  Burkhartianus,  Mexicanus,  Aztecus, 
Totonacus,  Zapotecus,  Montezuma,  tibialis;  Stenobothrus  mystecus,. 

P.  A.  s.  4 


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ORTHOPTERA. 


viatorius,  gregarius,  tepanecus,  Mexicanus,  decisus,  arctatus,  viri- 
dissimus,  nobilis ;  Stetheophyma  variegata ;  Tomonotus  Mexicanus, 
nietanus,  otomitus  ;  CEdipoda  Haitensis,  pardalina,  Sumichrasti,  Mexi- 
cana,  Tolteca,  Azteca,  tentatrix,  speciosa,  transtrigata,  pallidipennis ; 
Hippopedon  saltator;  Leprus  elephas ;  (Acridini)  Dactylotum  bicolor, 
Pcepedetes  corallinus,  Pedies  virescens,  Pezotettix  septentrionalis, 
Mexicana,  Sumichrasti;  Platyphyma  Aztecum,  Mexicana;  Ommato- 
lampis  Mexicana;  Caloptenus  fasciatus,  extremus,  arcticus,  selectns, 
Mexicanus,  borealis ;  Calacris  pudica;  Acridium  inscriptum,  pectora- 
lis,  concolor,  simulatrix,  diversiferum,  Cubense,  Toltecum,  piceifrons, 
yitticeps,  scutellare,  vicarium,  strenum,  varipes,  luridescens,  pro- 
prium,  pantherinum,  olivaceum,  Lophacris  Velasquezii,  Monachi- 
dium  superbum ;  (Xiphocerina)  Rhomalea  eques,  pedes,  pecticornis, 
auricornis;  Xiphocera  pygmsea,  inclavata;  (Tettiginae)  Tettix  Azteca, 
chichimeca,  purpurascens,  Batrachidea  Tolteca,  Chloriphyllum  rhom- 
beum,  plagiatum. 

In  an  appendix  to  his  work  Mr.  Thomas  makes  some  additions  to 
his  historical  sketch  of  the  classification  of  Orthoptera,  and  adds  a 
description  of  Ephippigera  Tschivavensis.  He  also  remarks  that 
Opsomala  punctipennis  Thom,  is  probably  Pygomorpha  pnnctipennis 
Thom.;  Opsomala  brevipennis  Thom.,  is  Chrysochaon  viridis  (Scudd.) 
Thom. ;  Opomala  varipes,  O.  punctipennis  and  O.  marginicollis  have 
been  inadvertently  inserted  in  both  parts,  and  their  presence  in  the 
United  States  is  only  asserted  on  the  doubtful  authority  of  DeHaan ; 
Hippiscus  ought  probably  to  be  placed  in  the  vicinity  of  Stauronotus ; 
and  Brachypeplus  virescens  Charp.,  should  have  been  added  to  the 
second  part.  A  glossary,  6  pp.,  is  appended. 

One  hundred  and  thirty-nine  species  are  described  in  Part  I,  and 
ninety-five  in  Part  IT,  making  two  hundred  and  thirty-one  in  all, 
allowing  for  the  accidental  repetition  of  three  species. 

C.  Thomas  (Sixth  Annual  Rep.  U.  S.  Geol.  Surv.  Terr.)  describes 
the  following  species  : — 

CEdipoda  Kiowa  n.  sp.  from  Nebraska,  Stenobothrus  maculipennis ?, 
Caloptenus  occidental is?,  C.  bivittatus ,  Acridium  emarginatum,  Opomala 
bivittata  and  Omatolampis  viridis,  mostly  from  living  specimens.  He 
also  adds  remarks  on  the  variations  of  CEdipoda  phcenicoptera,  CE.  tene- 
brosa,  CE.  verruculata  and  Caloptenus  cliff erentialis,  and  discusses  the 
question  of  the  probable  identity  of  the  species  of  CEdipoda  described 
under  the  specific  names  of  discoidea,  rugosa,  corallipes,  Haldemanii 
and  paradoxa  ;  notes  on  the  geographical  distribution  of  a  number  of 
species  are  prefixed  to  the  article. 

C.  Thomas  (Amer.  Nat.  vii,  566)  describes  (without  naming)  speci¬ 
mens  of  a  species  of  this  family  from  Arizona,  which,  “  in  specific 
characters,  including  even  color,  agree  exactly”  with  Acrolophitus 


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hirtipes,  but  differ  in  having  the  pronotum  devoid  of  a  crest,  so  con¬ 
spicuous  in  the  latter,  and  in  having  its  posterior  margin  obtusely 
rounded  instead  of  acutely  angled. 

FHASMIDA. 

F.  B.  Caulfield  (Can.  Ent.,  v,  60)  records  the  frequent  occurrence 
of  Diapheromera  femorata  at  Montreal  in  1872. 

S.  I.  Smith  (Conn.  Ent.  Rep.)  mentions  Diapheromera  femorata 
from  Connecticut. 


BLATTARIJE. 

-  -  (Conn.  Ent.  Rep.)  records  only  Stylopyga  orientalis , 

Periplaneta  Americana  and  Ectobia  Germanica  from  Connecticut. 

FORFICULARIJE. 

-  -  (Conn.  Ent.  Rep.)  mentions  the  occurrence  of  Labia 

minuta  in  Connecticut. 


NEUROPTERA. 

L.  Cabot  (Illustrated  Catalogue  of  the  Museum 
Comp.  Zool.  v,  1872,  omitted  from  last  Record).  The 
immature  State  of  the  Odonata.  Part  1.  Subfamily 
Gomphina.  In  this  paper  the  larvae  or  pupae  of  seventeen 
species  (seven  from  North  America,  four  from  South 
America,  three  from  Asia,  and  three  from  Europe)  are 
described,  four  having  been  raised  and  identified  beyond 
any  doubt.  The  species  are  determined  by  Dr.  Hagen. 
Reference  is  made  here  only  to  the  North  American  spe¬ 
cies.  A  synopsis  of  the  species  described  follows.  The 
work  is  illustrated  by  three  lithographic  plates. 

H.  Hagen  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  N.  H.,  xv,  243-248). 
On  the  larvae  of  the  Hemerobina.  A  preliminary  notice 
of  the  larval  characters  of  this  group,  with  a  synopsis  of 
the  larval  character  of  the  subfamilies. 


44 


NEUROPTERA. 


H.  Hagen  (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H.,  xv,  263-301).  Report 
on  the  Pseudo neuroptera  and  Neuroptera  of  North 
America  in  the  Collection  of  the  late  Th.  W.  Harris. 
This  paper  gives  a  list  of  the  species,  with  Harris’  notes 
of  date  of  capture  and  localities,  and  descriptions  by  Dr. 
Hagen  of  some  immature  forms  identified  by  Harris. 
The  collection  comprises  136  species,  318  specimens; 
some  of  the  species  are  still  of  the  greatest  rarity. 

- (Ent.  Zeitung,  Stettin  Yahrgang  xxxiv, 

33-62).  Die  Larven  von  Ascalaphus.  A  synopsis  of 
the  larval  characters  of  the  group.  He  had  ten  species 
before  him,  only  three  of  which  had  been  identified  by 
be  in  of  reared. 

O 

- (Ent.  Zeit.  Stettin,  xxxiv,  249-295,  377- 

398).  Die  Larven  von  Myrmeleon.  A  synopsis  of  the 
larval  characters  of  the  group,  based  on  twenty-one  spe¬ 
cies,  belonging  to  nine  genera.  Six  species  have  been 
reared. 

- (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H.,  xv,  373-375). 

Notes  on  Mr.  S.  H.  Scudder’s  "Odonata  of  the  Isle  of 
Pines.” 

- (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  PL,  xv,  376-377).  Re¬ 
port  on  Mr.  S.  H.  Scudder’s  Odonata  from  the  White 
Mountains,  after  an  examination  of  the  tvpes. 

- (p  roc.  B.  S.  N.  II.,  xv,  377).  Notices 

the  Ephemerid  genus  Prosopistoma. 

- (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  N.,  xv,  384,  385)  gives 

a  list  of  species  to  illustrate  the  northward  distribution  of 
the  Phryganidse. 

- (Hayden’s  6th  Ann.  Rep.  U.  S.,  Geol. 

Surv.  Territories,  727).  Odonata  from  the  Yellowstone. 

A.  Fitch  (Fourteenth  Report  on  the  Injurious  In¬ 
sects  of  New  York,  373)  remarks  on  Merope  tuber  Newm. 

J.  Williams  (Can.  Ent.,  v,  201).  On  some  of  our 


NEUROPTERA. 


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Common  Insects.  The  Dragon  Fly.  Contains  no  new 
facts^ 

F.  G.  Sanborn  (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H.,  xv,  25).  A 
note  on  Boreus  nivoriundus  Fitch. 

G.  W.  Morehouse  (American  Naturalist,  vii,  666- 

669).  The  Structure  of  the  Scales  of  Lejpisma  saccha- 
rina. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Fifth  Rep.  Peab.  Acad.  Sci.  pp. 
23-51).  Synopsis  of  the  Thysanura  of  Essex  County, 
Mass.,  with  descriptions  of  a  few  extralimital  forms. 

termitidje. 

H.  Hagen  (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H.,  xv,  277)  publishes  Harris’  notes  with 
remarks  of  his  own  on  Termes  Jlavipes  Koll.  in  Mass. 

PSOCIDJE. 

H.  Hagen  (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H.,  xv,  278)  publishes  Harris’  notes,  with 
remarks  of  his  own,  on  rsocus  venosus,  Burm.,  Ps.  purus  Walsh,  Ps. 
striatus  Walk.,  Ps.  sparsus  Hag.,  Ps.  lugens  Hag.,  Elipsocus  signatus 
Hag.,  Psocus  quadrifasciatus  Harr.,  Psocus  pusillus  Harris,  contained 
in  the  Harris  collection. 

PERLIDJE. 

H.  Hagen  (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H.,  xv,  281)  publishes  Harris’  note  on  the 
following  species  in  the  Harris  collection,  with  descriptive  and  syno- 
nymical  remarks  of  his  own;  Pteronarcys  proteus  Newm.  Pt.  Calif  ar¬ 
nica  y  Pt.  nobilis  Hag.,  Pt.  Pictetii  Hag.,  Pt.  regalis  Newm.,  Pt.  reticu¬ 
lata  Burm.  (with  the  descriptions  of  the  immature  stages  of  Pt.  pro¬ 
teus,  Californica  and  regalis),  Perla  abnormis  Newm.,  P.  isogona,  P. 
sp.  nov.,  P.  fulvovittata  Say  MSS.,  P.  semifasciata ?  Say,  Chloroperla 
brunneipennis ?  Walsh,  Perla  vitticollis  Harr.,  Chloroperla  bilineata  Say, 
Isopteryx  cydippe  Newm.,  Tceniopteryx  maura  Piet.,  and  Nemoura  per- 
fecta?  Walk. 

- -  (Hayden’s  6th  Rep.  U.  S.  Geol.  Surv.  Terr.,  729)  records 

Pteronarcys  Californica  Hag.,  from  headquarters  of  the  Yellowstone 
River. 

EPHEMERIDiE. 

H.  Hagen  (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H.,  xv,  290)  publishes  Harris’  notes,  with 
remarks  of  his  own  on  Ephemera  decora  Walk.,  E.  natata  Walk.,  Hex- 
agenia  limbata  Guer.,  H.  sp.,  Baetis  sp.,  B.  sp.,  B.  sp.,  Potamantlius 
nebulosus  Walk.,  Ephemerella  sp.,  Heptogenia  maculipennis  Walsh, 
Cloe  undata  Piet.,  C.  sp. 


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NEUROPTERA. 


LIBELLULIDJE. 

L.  Cabot  (Cat.  M.  C.  Zool.,  v,  1872)  describes  the  larval  or  pupal 
forms  of  Gomphus  pilipes  Selys,  S.  Car.;  Gomphus  species,  Illinois; 
Gomphus  species,  Mass. ;  Gomplius  species,  Texas ;  Macrogomphus 
spiniceps  Mass.;  Progomphusf?  species,  Mass.;  Hagenius  brevistylus 
Selys,  Mass.,  N.  Y.,  Kansas;  Cordulegaster  Sayi  Selys,  Maryland, 
Mass. 

II.  Hagen  (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H.,  xv,  263)  publishes  Harris’  notes  of 
dates  and  localities,  with  remarks  of  his  own  on  the  species  of  this 
group  in  the  Harris  Collection,  some  of  them  types  of  Say.  He  refers 
to  Tramea  Carolina  L.,  Celithemis  eponina  F.,  Platliemis  trimaculata 
DeG.,  Libellula  pulchella  Drury,  L.  quadrimaculata  L.,  L.  semifasciata 
Burm.,  L.  exusta  Say,  L.  deplanata  Iibr.,  L.  auripennis  Burm.,  L.  quad- 
rupla  Say,  Mesothemis  longipennis  Br.,  simplicicollis  Say,  Diplax  Elisa, 
Hag.,  D.  ornata  Rbr.,  D.  Berenice  Dr.,  I),  vicina  Hag.,  D.  rubicundula 
Say,  D.  albifrons  Clip.,  D.  semicincta  Say,  D.  minuscula  Rbr.,  Perithe- 
mis  tenera  Say,  Macromia  transversa  Say,  Epitheca  forcipata  Scudd., 
E.  ?  obsoleta  Say,  Cordulia  Uhleri  Selys,  C.  cynosura  Say,  C.  lepida 
Selys.  Anax  junius  I)r.,  Epiaeschna  lieros  F.,  AEschna  clepsydra  Say, 
^ E .  constricta  Say,  AE.  janata  Say,  Gomphceschna  furcillata  Say,  Neurce- 
schna  vinosa  Say,  Hagenius  brevistylus  Selys,  Gomphus  exilis  Selys, 
Cordulegaster  Sayi  Selys,  C.  maculatus  Selys,  Calopteryx  maculata 
Beauv.,  C.  cequabilis  Say,  Hetaerina  Americana  F.,  Lestes  eurinus  Say, 
L.  rectangularis  Say,  Lestes  unguiculata  Hag.,  L.  hamata  Hag.,  Argia 
pulrida  Hag.,  Agrion  civile  Hag.,  A.  Ramburii  Selys. 

- (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H.,  xv,  373)  regards  Neoneura  palustris 

Hag.  and  N.  Carmatica,  perhaps  a  var.  of  it,  as  synonymous  with 
Agrion  Maria  Scudder,  confirms  Scudder’s  identification  of  Agrion 
caecum  Hag. ;  refers  Macromia  Cubensis  Scudd.  to  Erythemis  longipes 
llag.,  but  for  reasons  given  preserves  the  specific  name  Cubensis; 
refers  $  Tramea  insulatus  Scudd.  to  7'.  abdominalis ;  regards  Libellula 
vinosa  Scndd.  as  Dythemis  rufinervis  Burm. ;  Dythemis  pleurosticta  as 
identical  with  Macrothemis  celeno  Selys  ;  Mesothemis  Pceyi  is  $  Dythemis 
dicrota  Hag.;  M.  Gundlachii  is  a  young  male  of  M.  simplicicollis  Say; 
refers  Scudder’s  Diplax  ochracea  and  D.  abjecta  to  an  undescribed  spe¬ 
cies  D.  fraterna  Hag.  On  p.  376,  in  Report  on  Scuclder's  Odonata  from 
the  White  Mountains,  he  regards  Cordulegaster  lateralis  —  AEschna 
obliqua  Say,  var.  a,  and  C.  Sayi  Selys ;  Cordulia  eremita  Scudd.  =  G. 
albicincla  Burm. ;  Cordulia  ShurtleJJii  =  C.  bifurcata  Hag. 

- (Hayden’s  6th  Ann.  Rep.  U.  S.  Geol.  Surv.,  727)  records 

from  the  headwaters  of  the  Yellowstone  River  Lestes  disjuncta  Selys, 
L.  congener  Hag.,  Agrion  sp.,  Gomphus  (Herpetogomphus)  vipirinus f 
Selys,  G.  colubrinus ?  Selys,  AEschna  constricta  Say,  HI.  eremita  Scudd., 
A.  multicolor  Hag.,  A.  propinqua  Scudd.,  Libellula  nodisticta  Hag.,  L. 


NEUROPTERA. 


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forensis  Hag.,  L.  saturata  Uhler,  L.  flavida  Hag.,  Mesotliemis  simpli- 
cicollis  Hag.,  31.  longipennis  Burm.,  31.  corrupta  Hag.,  31.  composita 
n.  sp.,  Diplax  assimilata  Hag  ,  D.  Scotica  Donov.,  D.  vicina  Hag.,  D.  n. 
sp.,  Hetoerina  Californica. 

S1ALIDJE. 

H.  Hagen  (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H.,  xv,  298)  edits  the  notes  of  Harris  on 
the  species  of  the  group  in  the  Harris  collection,  referring  to  the  fol¬ 
lowing :  Corydalis  cornuta  Batr.,  Chauliodes  pectinicornis  L.,  C.  rastri- 
cornis  Rbr.,  C.  serricornis  Say,  and  Sialis  infumata  Newm. 

HEMEROBIIDJE. 

H.  Hagen  (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H.,  xv,  243-248)  after  general  remarks  on 
the  transformations  of  this  group,  gives  a  synopsis  of  the  larval  char¬ 
acters  of  the  seven  subfamilies. 

- (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H.,  xv,  299)  edits  the  notes  of  Harris 

on  the  species  in  the  Harris’ Collection,  referring  to  the  following: 
Dendroleon  obsoletum  (Say),  Myrmeleon  abdominalis ?  Say,  31.  tectus ? 
Walk.,  Polystcechotes  punctatus  F.,  Chrysopa  sp. 

- (Ent.  Zeitung,  Stettin,  xxxiv,  33)  describes  the  larva  of 

the  following  American  species:  Ulula  31acLeayana  Landsd.,  St.  Vin¬ 
cent  Island,  W.  Indies. 

- (Ent.  Zeit.  Stettin,  xxxiv,  249,  sp.  377)  describes  the 

larvae  of  the  following  American  species:  Acanthaclisis  (an  congener 
Hag.?)  Green  River,  Wyoming  Terr.;  Dendroleon  obsoletum  (Say) 
Washington,  D.C. ;  3Iyrmeleon  immaculatum  DeG.,  Mass.,  Kansas; 
31.  sp.  Florida,  31.  sp.  Cuba. 

- (Hayden's  6th  Rep.  U.  S.  Geol.  Surv.,  Terr.,  729)  records 

Polystcechotes  punctatus  Hag.  and  3Iyrmeleon  diversus  n.  sp.  (from 
headquarters  of  Yellowstone  River. 

E.  A.  Birge  (American  Naturalist,  vii.  432)  notices  the  habits  of  the 
ant  lion,  the  species  not  noticed. 

PANORPID^E. 

H.  Hagen  (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H.,  xv,  300)  edits  the  notes  of  Harris  o» 
the  following  species  from  the  Harris  collection  :  Panorpa  lugubris 
Swed.,  P.  debilis  Westw.,  P.  rufescens  Rbr.,  P.  nebulosa  Westw.,  Bit- 
tacus  stigmaterus  Say,  Boreus  nivoriundus  Fitch,  B.  brumalis  Fitch. 

F.  G.  Sanborn  (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H.,  xv,  25)  notices  the  occurrence 
of  Boreus  nivoriundus  Fitch  in  West  Roxbnry,  Mass.,  on  the  snow  in 
January;  B.  brumalis  Fitch  occurred  with  it.  See  p.  155. 

A.  Fitch  (14th  Rep.  Ins.  N.  Y.,  373)  describes  at  length  3Ierope  tu¬ 
ber  Newm. 

PHEY  GANEID  JE. 

H.  Hagen  (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H.,  xv,  293)  edits  Harris’  notes,  with  re- 


48 


NEUROPTERA. 


marks  of  his  own  on  Phryganea  cinerea  Walk.,  P.  interrupta  Say,  P. 
vestita  Walk.,  P.  improba  Hng.,  Neuronia  pardalis  Walk.,  N.  dossuaria 
Say,  JV.  stygipes  Say,  N.  ocellifera  Walk.,  JV.  postica  Walk.,  N.  semifas- 
ciata  Say,  Limnophilus  argcnteornatus  Say,  L.  subguttatus  Walk.,  L. 
pudicus  Hag..  L.  ploga  Walk.,  Hallesus  liostis  Hag.,  N.  guttifer  Walk., 
77.  Argus  Harris,  77.  vittatus  Harr.,  Platyphylax  subfasciatus  Say,  P. 
coagulata  Say,  P.  irroratus  Fabr.,  Goniataulius  sp?  Neopliylax  concin- 
nus  Say,  Apatania  nigra  Walk.,  Mormonia  sp.,  Hydropsyche  morosa? 
Hag.,  Polycentropus  cinereus ?  Hag.,  P?  sp.,  Chimarrha  aterrima  Hag., 
Macronema  zebratum  Hag.,  Setodes  exquisita  Walk.,  S.  ignita?  Hag., 
Setodes  micans  Hag.,  Leptocerus ?  sp.,  L.  niger  L.,  Molanna  cinerea? 
Hag. 

- (Proc.  B.  S.  N.  H. ,  xv,  38+)  gives  a  list  of  species  to 

illustrate  the  northern  distribution  of  the  subfamily. 

- Hayden’s  Gth  Rep.  U.  S.  Geol.  Surv.  Terr.,  729)  records 

a  $  Stathrnophorus  allied  to  S.  Argus  Harr,  from  headquarters  of  the 
Yellowstone  River. 

THYSANURA. 

G.  W.  Mouetiousf,  (Amer.  Nat.  vii,  GG6)  remarks  on  the  structure 
of  the  scales  of  Lepisma  saccharina  L. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (5th  Rep.  Peab.  Acad.  23),  after  giving  a  resume 
of  the  literature  of  the  North  American  species,  describes  as  new 
Anura  gibbosa,  Maine;  Achorutes  boletivorus ,  Maine,  Mass. ;  A.  mar - 
morotus,  Maine;  A.  Texensis ,  Texas;  A.  pratorum,  Maine;  Isotoma 
nivalis ,  Maine,  Mass. ;  I.  albella ,  Maine,  Mass. ;  I.  leonina ,  Mass. ; 
7.  glauca,  Mass.;  I.  Belfragei,  Texas;  7.  Walkerii,  Mass.;  I.  tricolor. 
Mass.;  7.  purpurascens,  Texas;  7.  plumbea ,  Mass.;  Lepidocyrtus  mar- 
moratus ,  Mass.;  L.  metallicus ,  Maine,  Mass.;  L.  albus.  Maine,  Tenn. ; 
L.  bipunctatus,  Texas;  Degeeria  perpulchra,  Texas;  D.  griseo-olivata, 
Mass. ;  D.  purpurascens,  Maine,  Mass.,  Tenn. ;  D.  decem-fasciata,  Mass., 
Tenn.,  Texas;  Orchesella  carneiceps,  Tenn.;  0.  flavo-picta,  Mass., 
N.  Y.,  Tenn. ;  Papirius  marmoratus,  Maine,  Mass. ;  P.  Texensis, 
J?exas;  Smyntliurus  roseus,  Mass.;  S.  4 -signatus,  Maine;  Lepisma 
quadriseriata,  Mass.,  R.  I.,  Conn.,  Tenn.;  L.  dom^stica,  Mass.;  L. 
spiuulata,  Texas;  L.  mucronata ,  Pulvon,  West  Coast  Nicaragua; 
Machilis  brevicornis,  Texas ;  37.  orbitalis,  Idaho  Territory. 

He  records  Anurida  maritima  (Linn.)  from  Mass,  to  New  Jersey, 
Lipiira  fimetaria  (Linn.)  from  Mass.,  L.  ambulans  (Linn.),  Washing¬ 
ton,  Achorutes  nivicola  (Fitch),  Mass.,  Tomocerus  plumbeus  (Linn.) 
Mass.,  Tenn.,  Texas,  Smynthurus  elegans  (Fitch),  Mass.,  Tenn., 
Lepisma  saccharina  (Linn.),  Mass.,  Machilis  variabilis  (Say),  Mass., 
Iud.,  Tenn. 


ARACHNID  A. 


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ARACHNIDS. 

T.  Thorell  (Ofversigt  af  K.  Yetenskaps  Akademiens 
Forhandlingar,  published  June,  1872,  p.  147-166).  Oin 
naagra  Arachnider  fraan  Greenland.  On  new  Arachnida 
from  Greenland.  There  are  now  33  species  of  Arachnids, 
i.e.,  18  spiders,  1  opilionid,  and  14  mites,  including 
Tyroglyphus  farince  (DeGeer)  introduced  from  Denmark, 
known  to  inhabit  Greenland.  The  descriptions  are  in 
Latin. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (3d  Ann.  Pep.  Ins.  Mass.  1-27, 
and  Am.  Nat.  vii,  524-548).  A  new  Trombidium  (?). 

- (Am.  Nat.  vii,  740.)  Discovery  of  a 

Tardigrade. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Am.  Nat.  vii,  16-19).  Harvest  Mites. 

A.  Fitch  (Trans.  N.  Y.  Ag.  Soc.  355-381,  1871,  not 
previously  recorded) .  12th  Annual  Report  on  Injurious 
and  Beneficial  Insects,  New  York. 

ARANEJE. 

T.  Thorell  (Ofvers.  K.  Vetensk.  Akacl.  Fork.  1872)  describes  as 
new  from  Greenland  Tetragnatha  Grcenlcindica,  Linyphia,  inc.  spec. ; 
Erigone  frigidci,  E.  vagincita,  E.  modesta,  and  three  species  more  are 
indicated ;  Dictyna  hamifera,  1'hanatus  arcticus ,  Lycosci  Gromlandiccc , 
L.  glacialis ,  and  Trochosa  insignita. 

He  also  records  Erigone  jSpitsbergensis  Tlior.  as  occurring  in 
Greenland. 

ACARINA. 

- (Ofvers.  Iv.  Vetensk.  Akad.  Torh.  1872)  describes  as 

new  from  Greenland  Trombidium  hyperboreum  ;  T.f  inc.  spec,  larva,  on 
Chirouomus  frigidus  Zett.,  Bliyncholophus?  inc.  spec,  larva;  Hygrobutes 
Fabricii  (  ?  =Acarus  aquaticus  0.  Fabr.)  ;  Dermanyssus  ambulans,  and 
records  the  occurrence  of  B.  arctica  Thor.  ( ?=Aoarus  longirostris , 
Fabr.)  in  Greenland;  it  also  occurs  in  Spitzbergen  (Thorell). 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (3d  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Mass.  26,  and  Amer.  Nat. 
517)  describes  and  tigures  as  new  Trombidium f  bidbipes ,  from  Mass., 
which  devours  the  aphis  of  the  rose. 

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MYEIOFODA. 


C.  V.  Riley  (Amor.  Nat.  vii,  1G)  describes  and  figures  as  new 
Leptus?  Americanus ,  and  L.  irritants,  Missouri. 

A.  Fitch  (12tli  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  N.  Y.  1871)  regards  the  original  habi¬ 
tat  of  Ixodes  Americanus,  as  New  York;  and  describes  as  new  Ixodes 
o-striatus,  Virginia  and  Indian  Territory;  I.  liobertsonii,  Indian  Terri¬ 
tory;  I.  cruciarius,  N.  Y. ;  I.?  odontalgice,  N.  Y. 

TARDIGRADA. 

A.  IS.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Nat.  vii,  740)  describes  as  new,  with  a 
figure,  Macrobiotus  Americanus,  from  Maine,  and  indicates  the  exist¬ 
ence  of  another  species  in  Iowa. 


MYRIORODA. 

O.  Haegee  (Amer.  Journ.  Sc.  Arts,  iv,  1872,  omitted 
in  Record  for  1872).  Descriptions  of  New  North  Amer¬ 
ican  Myriopods,  with  figures. 

S.  H.  'Scuddee  (Memoirs  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist,  ii, 
231-239).  On  the  Carboniferous  Myriopods  preserved  in 
the  Sigillarian  Stumps  of  Nova  Scotia.  In  this  paper  a 
new  family,  Archiulidce,  is  proposed  for  the  fossil  genera 
Xylobius  Daws.,  and  Ar child us  Scudd. 

CHILOPODA. 

0.  Hargek  (Amer.  Journ.  8c.  Arts,  iv,  1872)  describes  as  new 
Lithobius  pinetorum,  valley  of  John  Day  river,  Oregon;  Geophilus 
gracilis,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

CHILOGNATHA. 

O.  Hargek  (Amer.  Journ.  Sc.  Arts,  iv,  1872)  describes  and  figures 
Trichopetalum  lunatum,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  T.  glomeratum,  Oregon, 
T.  iuliodes,  Simmon’s  Harbor,  north  shore  of  Lake  Superior;  Julus 
furcifer,  Oregon,  Polydesmus  armatus,  Oregon. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Mem.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.  ii,  231)  describes  as 
new  Xylobius  similis,  X.  fr actus,  X.  Dawsoni  ;  Archiulus  (gen.  nov.) 
xylobioides ,  sp.  n.  from  the  carboniferous  formation  of  Nova  Scotia. 


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HYMENOPTERA.  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr. 

LEPIDOPTERA  (RHOPALOCERA).  By  Edwin  Burgess. 
LEPIDOPTERA  (HETEROCERA).  By  A.  S.  Packard.  Jr. 
DIPTERA.  By  Edwin  BuRgEss.  . 

COLEOPTERA.  By  G.  H.  Horn.  .  . 

HEMIPTERA.  By  P.  R.  Uhler.  . 

ORTHOPTERA.  By  Cyrus  Thomas . 

NEUROPTERA.  By  P.  R.  Uhler.  . 

ARACHNIDA.  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  . 
MYRIOPODA.  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr. 


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FOE  THE  YEAR  1  8  7  2. 


HYMENOPTERA. 

C.  A.  Blake  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  71).  Additions 
to  tlie  “Synopsis  of  North  American  Mutillidse.” 

E.  Norton  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  77).  Notes  on 
North  American  Tenthredinidse,  with  descriptions  of  new  spe¬ 
cies. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  29).  Synopsis 
of  the  North  American  species  belonging  to  the  genera  Leu - 
cospis ,  Smicra  and  Chalets. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  87).  Descrip¬ 
tion  of  a  new  Species  of  Masaris,  from  California. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  153).  Hymen- 
optera  Texana.  This  memoir  comprises  a  list  of  all  the 
Hymenoptera  known  to  inhabit  Texas,  except  those  belonging 
to  the  Chrysididse,  Formicidm  and  the  smaller  Chalcididse. 
Over  six  hundred  species  are  enumerated,  nearty  three  hundred 
of  which  are  new. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Canadian  Entomologist,  iv,  21).  Descrip¬ 
tions  of  North  American  Hymenoptera,  No.  1  ;  p.  61,  No.  2  ; 
p.  81,  No.  3  ;  p.  226,  No.  4. 

C.  V.  Riley.  Fourth  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious,  Bene¬ 
ficial  and  other  Insects  of  Missouri,  1872. 

S.  II.  Scudder  (Amer.  Nat.,  vi,  665).  Fossil  Insects  from 
the  Rocky  Mountains.  Three  species  of  Hymenoptera  are 
cited. 


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HYMENOPTERA 


A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Memoirs  of  the  Peabody  Academy  of 
Science,  III).  Embryological  Studies  on  Ilexapodous  Insects. 
In  this  paper  the  author  gives  an  illustrated  account  of  the 
embryology  of  Nematus  ventricosus  Klug,  and  concludes  that 
the  development  of  this,  and  probably  of  all  the  Tenthredinidse, 
accords  in  its  main  features  with  that  of  the  honey  bee,  the  dif¬ 
ferences  in  the  later  stages  of  the  embryo  being  those  which 
distinguish  the  caterpillar-like  form  of  the  saw-fly  larvae  from 
the  footless  maggot  of  the  bees,  and  hence  of  secondary 
importance. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  Second  Annual  Report  on  the  Injurious 
and  Beneficial  Insects  of  Massachusetts. 

API  ARI-®. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  248)  describes  as  new 
from  Texas  Colletes  Texana ,  Sphecodes  Texana ,  S.  mandibularis,  Halic- 
tus  occidentalism  H.  armaticeps ,  II.  T exanus ,  II.  bardus ,  H.  ornatipes ,  II. 
impurus,  II.  lusorius ,  H.  connexus,  II.  dispanlis,  H.  co actus,  H.  stultus, 
II.  albitarsis,  Agapostemon  Texanus ,  Andrena  reflexa,  A.  Belfragei,  A. 
permitis ,  A.  melliventris,  A.  verecunda,  A.  imitatrix ,  A.  brunniventris, 
A.  Texana ,  A.  miserabilis ,  A.  bipunctata ,  Tanurgus  cethiops,  P.  albi¬ 
tarsis,  P.  ornatipes,  P.  picipes,  Osmia  Texana,  0.  subfasciata,  Megachile 
fortis,  M.  comata,  M.  albitarsis,  M.  clispa rilis ,  M.  arnica,  M.  exilis,  M. 
facunda,  M.  frugalis,  31  gentilis,  31.  inimica,  31.  lucrosa,  31.  grandis, 
31.  optiva,  M.  nupta,  31.  studiosa,  M.  osmoides,  31.  variolosa,  Anthidium 
concinnum,  Nomada  Texana,  Codioxys  Texana.  C.  edita,  C.  insita,  C. 
scitula,  Stelis  costalis,  Melecta  inter rupta,  Melissodes  atripes,  31.  Comanche , 
31.  Texana,  M.  rivals,  31.  intorta,  31.  Belfragei,  31.  intermedia,  31.  hon- 
esta,  31.  pygmcea,  M.  enavata,  31.  spissa,  31.  brevicornis,  31.  albata,  M.  f 
ursina,  M.?  densa,  M.f  marginella,  Anthophora  Texana,  Xylocopa  Tex¬ 
ana,  X.  purpurea,  Centris  lanosa  and  Apathus  variabilis. 


VESPID®. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv.  87)  describes  as  new 
Masaris  Edwardsii  from  California. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  232)  describes  as  new 
Eumenes  Belfragei,  E.  Bollii.  Odynerus  Texanus,  O.  clusinus,  0  evectus, 
0.  designatus,  0.  delicatus,  0.  cultus ,  0.  vents,  0.  ductus,  0.  fusus,  0. 
firmus,  0.  geminus ,  0.  manifestus,  0.  colon,  0.  fundatus,  0.  austrinus, 
0.  bellulus,  0.  electus,  Pterochilus  Texanus,  P.  laticeps,  Polistes  per- 
plexus,  P.  generosus,  P.  Texanus,  P.  bellicosus  and  P.  variatus  from 
Texas. 


CRABRONID®. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  226)  describes  as  new 
Crabro  Texanus,  Mimesa  tibialis,  Cerceris  mimica,  C.  gnara,  C.  firma, 
C.  morata,  C.  fasciola  and  C.  jucunda  from  Texas. 


HYMENOPTERA. 


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NYSSONID^E. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  222)  describes  as  new 
Stizus  Texanus ,  8.  fervidus ,  Nysson  Texanus,  N.  ?  inerme,  Gorytes  Bel- 
fragei ,  G.  costalis,  G.  Bollii  and  Alyson  Texanus  from  Texas. 

BEMBICIDJE. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  218)  describes  as  new 
Bembex  nubilipennis,  B.  Texana ,  B.  Belfrayei,  Monedula  formosa  and 
Monedula  neglecta  from  Texas. 

L  ABRIDGE. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  213)  describes  as  new 
Larrada  Americana ,  L.  Texana ,  L.  Belfrayei ,  Tachytes  elonyatus ,  T. 
valiclus,  T.  sericatus,  T.  obscurus,  T.  Texanus,  T.  rufo-fasciata ,  Astata 
rufiventris  and  A.  terminata  from  Texas. 

SPHEGIDJE. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  209)  describes  as  new 
Ammophila  grossa,  A.  inepta,  Pelopceus  Texanus,  Sphex  abdominalis,  S. 
rufiventris,  S.  Texana,  8.  Belfrayei,  S.  lauta,  S.  dubitata  and  Priononyx 
brunnipes  from  Texas. 

POMPILIDJE. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  202)  describes  as  new 
from  Texas  Priocnemis  Heiliybrodtii ,  P.  Texanus,  P.  facetus,  Ayenia 
Belfrayei,  A.  longa,  Parapompilus  vicinus,  P.  Texanus,  P.  contiguus, 
Notocyphus  dorsalis,  N.  Texanus,  Planiceps  feralia,  Aporus  minimus,  A. 
rufiventris ,  Ceropales  Texana,  Ceropales  eleyans  and  G.  fulvipes. 

SCOLI  AD  JE . 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  200)  describes  as  new 
Myzine  dubiosa,  M.  Texana,  M.  rufiventris  and  Elis  lupina  from  Texas. 

MUTILLIDJE. 

C.  A.  Blake  (Trans.  Amer.  Pint.  Soc.,  iv,  71)  describes  as  new  Mu- 
tilla  Clotho,  M.  Leda,  M.  Chiron,  M.  Oreon,  M.  Admetus,  M.  albopilosa, 
M.  grandiceps ,  M.  Electra,  Agama  Aulus,  A.  minuta,  A.  juxta  and  A. 
attenuata  from  Texas. 

DOBYLIDJE. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  194)  describes  as  new 
Labidus  niyrescens  and  L.  minor  from  Texas. 

ICHNEUMONIDJE. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  153)  describes  as  new 
from  Texas  Ichneumon  Belfrayei,  I.  propitius,  Cryptus  laticeps,  G.  exu- 
lans,  G.  albicollaris,  C.  sororius,  C.  buccatus ,  C.  Gomalensis,  Joppidium 
rubriceps  (Walsh  MS.),  J.  apicale,  Phyyadeuon  Texanus,  P.  intermedius, 
P.  timidus,  Hemiteles  conspicuus,  Mesostenus  introitus ,  M.  discoiclalis,  M. 
paludatus,  M.  dejectus,  M.  pertinax,  M.  arvalis,  M.  lonyicaudis,  Pimpla 


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HYMENOPTERA. 


sanguinipes ,  P.  petulca,  P.  animosa,  Mesoleptus  bicoloratus ,  M.  delicatus, 
M.  ?  strigosus ,  J/.  ?  rotundiceps ,  Jf.  ?  stigmaterus,  Ex  o  diodes  Tex  ana , 
Exodius  evectus,  E.  Texanus ,  Metopius  Hagenii ,  Exetastes  biocidatus, 
Trachynotus  Texanus ,  AnomaJon  magniceps ,  pallitarse,  A.  orbitaUs , 

M.  melleum,  Mesochorus  uniformis,  31.  electilis ,  Campoplex  expertus ,  (7. 
bellus,  Limneria  corrupta ,  L.  illepida,  L.  infesta,  L.  fura ,  L.  rivalis ,  C7ia- 
rops  tibialis ,  Porizon  audax ,  P.  orbitaUs ,  P.  hyalinipennis ,.  P.  stigmate¬ 
rus ,  P.  facilis,  P.  macer,  P.  ?  agilis,  P.?  delicatus,  Cremastus piceus,  Eipho- 
soma  Texana,  Pharsalia  (nov.  gen.)  Texanas — (Braconidse),  Opius 
brunneiventris,  Eubadizon  m acidic entris,  Phylax  melleus,  Macrocentrus 
nuperus ,  Af.  delicatus,  Helcon  Texanus,  Ichneutes  abdominalis,  Sigal- 
phus  Texanus,  Chelonus  Texanus ,  C.  electus,  C.  connecten ?,  C.  cautus, 
C.  laticinctus,  C.  minimus,  Microdus  thoracicus,  M.  Texanus,  M.  nigri- 
ceps,  JSL  verticalis,  M.  pygmceus,  Ischius  Ice  vie  entris,  Agathis  exoratus,  A. 
meabilis,  A.  rubripes,  Microgaster  croceipes,  M.  maculipennis,  Bracon 
epicus ,  B.  rugiceps,  B.  simplex,  B.  orbatalis,  B.  radiatus ,  P.  faustus,  B. 
disjunctus,  B.  mavoritus,  B.  Belfragei,  B.  novitus,  B.  rTexanus,  B.  nupe¬ 
rus,  B.  minimus,  Bogas  molestus,  B.  graphicus,  B.  mandibularis,  B. 
atricornis,  B.  delicatus,  B.  pilosus,  Exotliecus  atriventris,  E.  rugulosus, 
Hormius?  aciculatus,  Megischus  Texanus,  Dacnusa  Icevicepjs  and  D. 
minima. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Gan.  Ent.,  iv,  21,  61,  81,  220)  gives  a  synopsis  of 
Mesochorus  and  describes  as  new  M.  atriventris  from  111. ;  M.  luteipes , 

N.  J. ;  M.  basalis.  Mass.;  M.  Americanus,  Penn.,  Del.,  Ill;  M.  Toto- 
nacus,  Orizaba,  Mex. ;  M.  scitulus,  M.  obliquus,  M.  melleus,  Penn. ;  and 
redescribes  31.  agilis  Cresson,  Col.;  31  vitreus  Walsh,  Ill.  On  p.  61 
he  describes  as  new  Pezomachus  Pettitii,  Ontario,  Can. ;  P.  gentilis, 
Penn. ;  P.  tantillus,  P.  meabilis,  Ill. ;  P.  obscurus,  N.  J. ;  P.  Canadensis, 
Ontario,  Can. ;  P.  compactus,  Ill. ;  P.  dimidiatus,  Mass.,  Ill. ;  P.  gracilis, 
P.  macer,  Penn. ;  P.  alternatus,  Ill. ;  P.  Texanus,  Tex. ;  P.  unicolor, 
Del.,  Mass.,  Ill.  On  p.  81  he  describes  as  new  Perilitus  niveitarsis, 
Mass. ;  P.  pallitarsis,  N.  J. ;  P.  communis,  Conn.,  N.  J. ;  P.  intermedins, 
Mass. ;  P.  proximus,  Ill. ;  P.  vulgaris,  Ill.,  Tex. ;  P.  dimidiatus,  N.  J., 
Penn.,  Ill.,  Ariz. ;  P.  humilis,  Ill.  On  p.  226  he  describes  as  new  Mi- 
croctonus  agilis,  Euphorus  scidptus,  Ill. ;  E.  mellipes,  N.  J.,  Ill. ;  E.  sci¬ 
tulus,  Ill.;  Leiophron  Icevis,  Can.;  Calyptus  major,  Can.,  Va.,  Ill.;  C. 
rotundiceps,  Ill. ;  C.  tibiator,  N.  J. ;  C.  Mexicanus,  Orizaba,  Mex. ;  Eu¬ 
badizon  lateralis,  Ill. ;  E.  pleurcdis,  Mo. ;  E.  Americanus,  N.  J. ;  Ichneutes 
bicolor,  Mass.,  and  /.  fulvipes.  Ill. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Report  Ins.  Mo.,  43)  describes  as  new  Perilitus  inda- 
gator,  a  parasite  on  Acrobasis  juglandis  LeBaron.  On  p.  110  he  de¬ 
scribes  Cryptus  extrematis  Cress. 

B.  P.  Mann  (Araer.  Nat.,  vi,  599)  describes  and  figures  as  new 
Bracon  letifer  from  Brazil,  a  parasite  of  Cemiostoma  coffeellum. 


PROCTOTRUPIDJE. 

E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  193)  describes  as  new 
from  Texas  Dryinus  atriventris,  Gonatopus ?  alatus,  Epyris  Iceviventris, 
E.  analis. 


CHALCIDID2E. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Report  Ins.  Mo.,  109)  describes  Chalcis  marine  Riley. 
B.  P.  Mann  (Amer.  Nat.,  vi,  598)  describes  as  new  Eulophus  cemi- 
ostomatis  from  Brazil,  a  parasite  of  Cemiostoma  coffeellum. 


LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA 


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E.  T.  Cresson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  29)  gives  a  synopsis  of 
the  American  species  of  Leucospis,  describing  as  new  L.  bulbiventris , 
L.  apicalis,  L.  Mexicana,  L.  Sumichrastii,  Mex. ;  L.  Texana ,  Tex. ;  L. 
Poeyi ,  Cuba;  L.  affinis  var.  Floridana,  Fla.;  L.  Azteca,  L.  clubiosa,  L. 
Tolteca,  Mex.  Also  a  synopsis  of  the  American  species  of  Smicra, 
and  describes  as  new  8.  Canadensis,  Can.;  8.  flebilis,  Mass.;  8.  rujo- 
femorata,  Tex.;  S.  delumbis,  Mass.,  Del.;  8.  torvina,  Mass.,  Conn., 
Ill.,  Tex. ;  S.  delira,  8.  mendica,  S.  subobsoleta,  Tex.;  8.  Toluca,  S. 
Mexicana,  Mex. ;  id.  sanguiniventris ,  8.  bioculala,  Tex. ;  S.  lecta,  S. 
ambigua,  Mex. ;  S.  arcana,  Del. ;  S.  lauta,  Mex. ;  8.  Nortonii,  D.  C. ; 
S.  cnxalis,  Del. ;  8.  encausta,  Col. ;  S.  barbara,  8.  coccinata,  81.  flam- 
meola,  8.  miranda,  Mex. ;  S.  dorsata,  Tex. ;  8.  exornata ,  8.  compactilis, 
8.  Azteca,  8.  lenta,  S.  Tolteca,  Mex.;  S.  mirabilis,  Ga.,  Tex. ;  8.  juxta, 
Mex. ;  8.  delicata ,  Tex.  Also  a  synopsis  of  the  American  species  of 
Chalcis,  and  describes  as  new  C.  tegularis,  Tex. ;  C.  Coloradensis, 
Col.,  and  C.  pedalis,  Tex. 

P.  S.  Spiiague  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiv,  388)  announces 
that  he  has  reared  Pteromalus  puparum  from  Pieris  rapce. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Second  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Mass.,  8)  describes  the 
habits  and  transformations  (with  figures)  of  Pteromalus  puparum 

Linn. 

CYNIPID^E. 

F.  G.  Sanborn  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiv,  140)  notes  the  oc¬ 
currence  of  Cynips  quercus-tubicola  O.  Sacken  and  C.  quercus-lance 
Fitch  in  the  Cumberland  Mts.,  Alabama. 

TENTHREDINID2E. 

E.  Norton  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  77)  describes  as  new  Ptenos 
(nov.  gen.)  Texanus,  P.  niger,  P.  nigropectus,  Tex. ;  Hylotoma  McLeayi, 
Conn. ;  H.  consobrina,  Mex. ;  Cladius  cequalis,  Conn. ;  Pachylota  vari- 
color,  Mex.;  Emphytus  BolHi,  Tex.,  Dictynna  Corcloviensis,  D.  politus, 
Mex. ;  Hemichroa  albidovariata ,  II.  fraternalis ,  Tex. ;  Dolerus  similis 
var.  Yukonensis,  Alaska ;  D.  distiuctus,  D.  coccini/era,  Cal. ;  Selandria 
Sumichra‘ti,  8.  longipennis ,  8.  fascipennis,  Mex. ;  8.  incequidens,  S. 
albicollis,  Tex.;  S.  coccinata,  Mex.;  Lophyrus  fulva,^  Tex.;  Cephus 
cinctus,  Col.,  and  Xyela  cenea,  Tex. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Second  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Mass.,  15)  gives  an 
account  (with  figures)  of  the  habits  of  Selandria  rubi  Harris. 


LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Report  of  the  Ent.  Soc.  of  Ontario,  for 
1871,  p.  82).  Insects  affecting  the  cabbage. 

C.  J.  Bowles  (Can.  Ent.,  iv,  102).  Notes  on  Pieris  rapce. 
A.  G.  Butler  (Trans.  Ent.  Soc.,  London,  1871,  p.  169). 
Descriptions  of  New  Species  of  Pierince . 


6 


LEriDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 


A.  G.  Butler  (Proc.  Zool.  Soc.,  1872,  p.  26).  A  syno¬ 
nymic  List  of  the  species  included  formerly  in  the  genus 
Pieris. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Cistula  Entomologica,  iv).  Description  of 
new  Butterflies  from  Costa  Pica. 

Wm.  Couper  (Can.  Ent.,  iv,  201).  Remarks  on  Lepidoptera 
collected  at  Fox  Bay,  Anticosti,  and  the  north  shore  of  the 
St.  Lawrence,  between  June  18  and  Aug.  1,  1872. 

G.  M.  Dodge  (Can.  Ent.,  iv,  217).  A  new  Hesperian. 

G.  M.  Dodge  (Can.  Ent.,  iv,  240).  Note  on  Pieris  vernalis. 

W.  H.  Edwards.  The  Butterflies  of  North  America.  Part 
10  and  the  Supplement  of  this  magnificent  work  have  been 
issued  during  the  year,  concluding  the  first  volume. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Hayden’s  Report,  Geol.  Surv.  Montana 
and  adjoining  territoiy,  1871,  p.  466).  List  of  Butterflies 
collected  by  the  Expedition  in  1871.  (Includes  31  species.) 

W.  II.  Edwards  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  205).  Descrip¬ 
tion  of  New  Species  of  Diurnal  Lepidoptera  of  the  United 
States. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (ibid.,  iv,  61).  Description  of  New  Di¬ 
urnal  Lepidoptera  of  the  U.  S. 

W.  II.  Edwards  (ibid.,  iii,  266).  New  Species  of  North 
American  Butterflies. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Can.  Ent.,  iv,  238).  Notes  on  some 
Butterflies  and  their  Larvae. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.,  iv,  220).  Note  on  Hesperia  com¬ 
munis  Gr. 

A.  R.  Grote  (ibid.,  215).  On  Mr.  Scudder’s  Systematic 
Revision  of  North  American  Butterflies. 

W.  C.  Hewitson  (Trans.  Ent.  Soc.,  London,  1871,  p.  165). 
New  Species  of  Diurnal  Lepidoptera  from  South  and  Central 
America. 

J.  M.  Jones  (Proc.  and  Trans.  Nova  Scotian  Inst.  Nat. 
Sciences,  iii,  18  and  100).  On  Nova  Scotian  Diurnal  Lepidop¬ 
tera.  (A  list  of  the  Butterflies  of  Nova  Scotia,  with  notes  on 
their  habits,  etc.) 


LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 


7 


J.  A.  Lintner  (Twenty- third  and  twenty-fourth  Ann.  Rep’s 
N.  Y.  State  Cabinet  of  Nat.  Hist.,  for  1869  and  1870).  En¬ 
tomological  Contributions,  Nos.  1  and  2.  Contains  catalogues 
of  the  appearance  of  different  species  of  butterflies,  for  1869 
and  1870,  and  a  list  of  those  found  in  New  York,  besides  notes 
and  descriptions  noticed  below. 

Theo.  L.  Mead  (Can.  Ent.,  iv,  216).  Description  of  a  re¬ 
markable  variety  of  Limenitis  Misippus. 

Chas.  S.  Minot  (Can.  Ent.,  iv,  150).  Notes  on  Limochores 
bimacula  Scudd. 

L.  Mitchell  (Am.  Naturalist,  vi,  238).  Life  of  Danais 
Archippus. 

H.  W.  Parker  (Am.  Naturalist,  vi,  115).  Butterffy  Notes, 

1871. 

H.  W.  Parker  (ibid.,  116).  Iowa  Butterflies. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  iv,  121).  Notes  on  Argynnis 
Cybele. 

W.  Saunders  (ibid.,  161).  Notes  on  the  Eggs  and  young 
Larvae  of  Melitcea  Ilarrisii. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Fourth  Rep.  Peab.  Acad.  Sciences,  p. 
24).  A  Systematic  Revision  of  some  of  the  American  But¬ 
terflies,  with  brief  notes  on  those  known  to  occur  in  Essex  Co., 
Mass.  (The  genera  are  all  described,  except  those  of  Hespe- 
ridae.  Mr.  Scudder  follows  the  “rule  of  priority”  strictly  in 
the  nomenclature  of  species  and  larger  groups.  The  new  spe¬ 
cies  and  genera  described  are  referred  to  below). 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Can.  Ent.,  iv,  45).  Embryonic  Larvae  of 
Butterflies.  (Reprint  from  the  Ent.  Monthly  Mag.  See  this 
Record  for  1871). 

S.  H.  Scudder  ( ibid .,  iv,  73).  Abbot’s  Notes  on  Georgian 
Butterflies.  (Copied  from  Abbot’s  drawings  in  the  British 
Museum.) 

S.  H.  Scudder  (ibid.,  iv,  79).  A  variety  of  Pieris  (Gano- 
ris )  rapce,  unknown  in  Europe. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Am.  Naturalist,  vi,  513).  The  Curious 
History  of  a  Butterfly. 


8 


LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 


NYMPHALIDJE. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Cist.  Ent.,  iv)  describes  as  new  Drucina  Leonata 
gen.  et.  sp.  nov. ;  Oxeoschistus  Euriphyle,  Dynastor  Styianus ,  Caligo 
bubocula ,  Morpho  Aquarius ,  M.  marinita ,  M.  limpida,  M.  hydorina , 
Epiphile  grandis ,  Heterochroa  demialba ,  Pliyciodes  fulviplaga,  Eresia  clis- 
morphina  from  Costa  Rica. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Butt.  N.  A.  Pt.  10  and  Suppl.)  describes  and  fig¬ 
ures  Grapta  Satyrus  and  G.  Zephyrus ,  n.  sp. ;  refigures  Argynnis  Diana 
and  A.  Nokomis  and  A.  Leto ,  and  redescribes  Apatura  Alicia  and  Mel- 
itaia  Chalcedon.' 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  266)  describes  as  new 
Argynnis  Helena ,  Pliyciodes  camillus,  P.  Emissa,  Erebia  Bliodia  and  E. 
Callias  all  from  Colorado. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  205)  describes  as  new 
Pliyciodes  Orscis,  P.  Canace  from  Cal. ;  Euptychia  rubricata ,  Tex. ;  and 
Ccenonympha  Ampelos  from  Oregon. 

W.  H.  Edwards  ( ibid .,  iv,  61)  describes  the  following  new  species, 
Argynnis  Bremnerii ,  San  Juan  Isl. ;  A.  inornata ,  A.  Eurynome ,  A. 
Meadii,  Grapta  Hylas ,  Satyrus  • Charon  and  Erebia  Meadii  from  Cal. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Can.  Ent.  iv,  238)  gives  notes  of  an  attempt  to 
raise  the  larvm  of  Argynnis  Aphrodite  and  Cybele. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Hayden’s  Rep.  Geol.  Surv.,  Montana,  1871,  p. 
467)  describes  as  new  Erebia  Haydenii  from  the  Yellowstone. 

J.  A.  Lintner  (23d  Ann.  Rep.  N.  Y.  State  Cabinet  Nat.  Hist.,  Ap¬ 
pendix  D.,  p.  154)  describes  the  egg  and  larval  stages  of  Melitcea 
Phaeton ,  and  the  larva  and  pupa  of  M.  Nycteis. 

Tjieo.  L.  Mead  (Can.  Ent.  iv,  216)  describes  a  variety  of  Limenitis 
Misippus  in  which  the  black  cross  band  on  the  wings  is  nearly  obso¬ 
lete,  and  which  therefore  resembles  more  closely  D.  Archippus ;  also 
a  variety,  or  perhaps  a  hybrid,  of  L.  Ursula, 

L.  Mitchell  (Am.  Nat.  vi,  238)  notes  the  duration  of  the  life  of 
Danais  Archippus ,  imago,  in  captivity,  the  greatest  length  of  life  be¬ 
ing  forty  days. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  iv,  121)  describes  the  larva  and  pupa  of 
Argynnis  Cybele;  and  (ibid.,  161)  describes  the  eggs  and  young  larvae 
of  Melitcea  Harrisii.  ’ 

S.  H.  Scudder  (4th  Ann.  Rep.  Peab.  Acad.  Science,  p.  24)  de¬ 
scribes  the  genera  of  American  Nymphalidae,  restoring  the  oldest 
names  as  far  as  possible  to  both  genera  and  species,  and  giving  notes 
on  the  habits,  immature  stages,  etc.,  of  many  of  those  species  found 
in  Essex  Co.,  Mass.  The  following  new  genera  are  described;  Basi- 
larcliia ,  including  Disippe ,  Astyanax  (=  Ursula)  and  Arthemis:  Spey- 
eria ,  for  Idalia :  Charidryas ,  for  Nycteis  and  Ismeria :  Limncecia,  for 
Harrisii :  Eupliydryas,  for  Phaeton. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Am.  Nat.  vi,  513)  describes  the  curious  phenomena 
presented  by  the  broods  of  Argynnis  ( Brentliis )  Bellona. 

EEY  CINID^E . 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.  iii,  205)  describes  Charis 
Nemesis,  sp.  nov.,  from  Arizona. 

W.  C.  Hewitson  (Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  London,  1871,  165)  describes 
Eurygona  argentea,  sp.  nov.,  from  Nicaragua. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (4th  Rep.  Peab.  Acad.  Sci.,  49)  characterizes  Poly- 
sticlitis  Hiibn.,  in  which  genus  he  places  Charis  borealis  Grote  and  Rob. 


LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 


9 


LY  CvEfNTD  2E. 

A.  G.  Butler  (,Cist.  Ent.,  iv)  describes  as  new  Pandemos  nymphidi- 
oides  and  Lemonias  Adelina ,  from  Costa  Rica. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Am.  Soc.  Ent.,  iii.  206)  describes  as  new 
Chrysnphanus  Sirius  and  Theda  Minis ,  from  Colorado;  T.  Autolytvs 
and  Lyccena  Alcestis,  from  Texas ;  L.  Deiunia,  L.  Alee ,  L.  Lycea  and 
L.  rustica,  from  Colorado. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (ibid.,  iii.  205)  describes  as  new  Thecla  Cygnus, 
Nevada;  T.  costalis,  Texas;  Lyccena  Helios  and  Viaca,  Cal.;  L.  Ardea 
and  Glaucon,  Nevada;  L.  Gyas ,  Ariz. ;  L.  Fa,  Tex.;  Chrysophanus 
Ianthe,  Nevada. 

S.  H.  Sc  udder  (4th  Rep.  Peab.  Acad.  Sci.,  5Q)  describes  the  Ameri¬ 
can  genera  of  the  family,  includmg  Callipareus  gen.  nov.,  for  Theda 
liumuli  (Melinas') ;  Mitouri ,  for  Auburniana  (—smilacis')  ;  Incisalia  (Mi¬ 
not.  MSS.),  for  Niphon ,  Augustus  and  Irus  (=Henrici')  ;  Erora,  for  la da 
(=Clothildes)  ;  Glaucopsyche,  for  Lye.  Pembina  Edw. 

PAPILIONIDtE. 

C.  J.  S.  Betiiune  (Rep.  Ent.  Soc.,  Ontario,  Can.,  1871,  p.  52)  de¬ 
scribes  the  cabbage  butterflies,  F.  rapee,  oleracea  and  Protodice. 

C.  J.  Bowles  (Can.  Ent.  iv,  102)  discusses  the  appearance  and 
spreading  of  Fieris  rapee;  and  states  that  the  yellow  variety  of  the 
species  has  been  known  in  Europe. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  Lond.,  1871,  169)  describes  and 
figures  Kricogonia  Fantasia  n.  sp.,  from  Nicaragua;  and  describes 
Euchloe  Limonea  n.  sp.,  Mexico. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Proc.  Zool.  Soc.,  1872,  26)  gives  a  list  of  the  spe¬ 
cies  of  Pieris  (sensu  lat .),  distributing  the  American  species  among 
the  genera  Mylothris,  Hesperocharis ,  Leptophobia,  Pieris,  Daptonura , 
Pontia ,  Synchloe.  No  new  species  described. 

G.  M.  Dodge  (Can;  Ent..  iv,  240)  records  the  capture  of  two  males 
of  Pieris  vernalis,  in  Oct.  16  and  19,  1872,  which  he  thinks  militates 
against  this  form  being  the  spring  brood  of  P.  Protodice. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Butt.  N  A.,  Part  10  and  Suppl.)  describes  and 
figures  Parnassius  Smintheus  in  its  three  varieties  Sayii ,  Behrii  and 
Eversmanii.  Also  tabulates  the  differences  between  P.  clarus  and  P. 
Clodius. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Tr.  Am.  Soc.  Ent.,  iii.  266)  describes  as  new  An- 
thodiaris  Olympia,  Tex. ;  and  Colias  Meadii ,  IT.  S. 

W.  II.  Edwards  (ibid.,  205)  describes  Antliocharis  Hyantis  sp.  nov., 
from  Cal. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (ibid.,  iv,  61)  describes  Colias  Astrcea  sp.  n.,  Yel¬ 
lowstone;  Antliocharis  Julia  n.  sp.,  Col.,  also  Neopliasia  Menapia, 

Eeld.  $ . 

A.  Lintner  (Rep.  N.  Y.  State  Mus.  Nat.  Hist.,  1870,  109)  records 
the  first  appearance  of  Pieris  rapee  in  Albany,  July  24,  1870. 

J.  A.  Lintner  (ibid.,  for  1869,  158)  describes  eggs  and  larvae  of 
Pieris  oleracea. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (4th  Rep.  Peab.  Acad.  Sci.,  58)  characterizes  the 
American  genera  of  the  family. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Can.  Ent.  iv,  79)  describes  the  yellow  variety  Pie¬ 
ris  ( Ganoris )  rapee,  which  he  names  Novangliee  Scudd..  ahd  states  that 
it  is  unknown  in  Europe.  (See  notes  by  Mr.  Bowles,  recorded  above.) 

A.  G.  Butler  (Cist.  Ent.,  iv)  describes  as  new  Euterpe  diamorpliites, 


jf  7*/-  '"■  ^ 

10  LEPIDOPTERA  RETEROCERA. 


Catasticta  Actinotis,  Mylothris  Alethina ,  Callidrycts  intermedia ,  Dismor- 
phia  jSororna,  1).  Hoyaresa,  D.  Ivbina,  D.  viridi fascia ,  Papilio  orabilis , 
P.  Lcetitia,  P.  vulneratus  and  P.  Clusoculis ,  from  Costa  Rica. 

HESPERID^E. 

G.  M.  Dodge  (Can.  Ent.,  iv,  217)  describes  Hesperia  Illinois ,  n.  sp., 
from  Bureau  Co.,  111. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  266)  describes  as  new 
Thymeticus  Hylax ,  Pampliila  Draco ,  from  Col. ;  P.  Licinus ,  P.  Attains 
and  Hesperia  Horns  and  PT.  Pos,  from  Texas;  H.  Dakota ,  from  Col. 
(ibid.,  205)  Syrichtus  Oceanus ,  Arizona;  Stercoptes  Skada ,  Kodiak; 
Heteropterus  Arene,  Arizona;  Hesperia  Procris,  H.  Tamennnd,  Texas; 
and  i/.  Ophis,  from  Florida. 

A.  R.  Gkote  ^Can.  Ent.,  iv,  220)  states  that  Hesperia  communis  Gr. 
is  identical  with  H.  tessellata ,  Scudd. 

W.  C.  Hewitson  (Tr.  Ent.  Soc.  Lond.,  1871,  165)  describes  as  new 
Pyrrhopyga  Crida ,  from  Nicaragua. 

J.  A.  Lintner  (24th  Rep.  N.  Y.  State  Mus.  Nat.  Hist.,  1870,  109) 
gives  notes  on  the  habits  of  Nisoniades  Lucilius. 

J.  A.  Lintner  (ibid:,  23d  Rep.,  1869,  162)  describes  and  figures 
Nisoniades  Icelus  Lint.,  N.  Lucelius  Lint.,  and  N.  Avsonius  n.  sp. 

C.  S.  Minot  (Can.  Ent.,  iv,  150)  describes  the  male  of  Limochores 
bimacula  Scudd.  (=Hesp.  Acanootus). 

S.  H.  Scudder  (4th  Rep.  Peab.  Acad.  Sci.,  67)  gives  a  list  of 
the  American  Hesperidse,  and  names,  but  does  not  describe,  thirty-two 
new  genera.  The  following  new  species  are  described ;  Pyrrhopyga 
Venezuelan,  Venezuela;  P.  chalybea,  Mex. ;  Dysenius  cruentus,  gen.  et 
sp.  now,  Gautemala;  Erycides  Texana ,  E.  sanguinea ,  Texas;  Thy- 
mele  vitreus,  Venezuela;  T.  Sumichrastii,  Tehuantepec;  T.  Domingo, 
Hayti;  T.  Montezuma,  Tehuantepec;  Epargyreus  Orizaba ,  Gautemala; 
Thorybes  gen.  now,  Nevada,  Cal.;  Pholisora  gen.  nov.  Azteca,  Mex.; 
Leucoscirtes  (gen.  nov.),  nivea,  Tehuantepec,  Gautemala;  Hesperia  tes¬ 
sellata,  Penn  ,  Md.,  Ia.,  Fla.,  Ala.,  Tex.,  Mo.  and  Cal.;  Callimorphns 
juventus ,  gen.  et  sp.  nov.,  Panama  ;  Potanthus  Calif ornicus ,  gen.  etsp. 
nov.,  Cal.;  Amblyscirtes  Tolteca,  gen.  et  sp.  nov.,  Tehuantepec;  Ocy- 
tes  Seminole,  gen.  et  sp.  nov.,  Fla.  to  Tex. ;  Pampliila  Columbia,  Cal. ; 
Ochlodes  Sonora,  gen.  et  sp.  n.,  Cal.;  Hedone,  gen.  nov.  prceceps,  Te¬ 
huantepec;  Orono,  northern  states;  Lerodea  Inca  gen.  et.  sp.  nov., 
Peru.;  Phrenes  Hecobolus  gen.  et.  sp.  nov.,  Tehuantepec;  Perichares 
marmorata  gen.  et.  sp.  nov.,  Venezuela;  Lerema  Pattenii  gen.  et. 
sp.  nov.,  Gautemala. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Cist.  Ent.,  iv)  describes  as  new  Carystus  gemmatus, 
from  Costa  Rica. 


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LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 

R.  H.  Stretch.  Illustrations  of  the  Zj^ggeniche  and  Bom- 
bycidse  of  North  America.  Yol.  i,  parts  1-7,  with  colored 
plates.  In  this  important  work  the  author  figures  all  the  spe- 


LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


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cies  and  sometimes  remarkable  varieties  of  these  two  families 
to  which  he  has  access,  with  interesting  remarks  on  the  habits 
and  transformations  of  several  of  the  Californian  species.  He 
also  notices  the  extreme  tendency  to  variation  in  Californian 
Lepidoptera.  We  shall  merely  notice  the  original  matter. 
This  deserves  mention  as  being  the  first  entomological  work 
printed,  illustrated  and  published  in  California. 

B.  Clemens.  The  Tineina  of  North  America,  being  a  col¬ 
lected  edition  of  his  writings  on  that  group  of  insects,  with 
notes  by  the  editor,  H.  T.  Stainton,  London,  1872,  8vo,  pp. 
282.  We  shall  only  refer  to  certain  unpublished  matter  con¬ 
tained  in  this  valuable  reprint,  and  to  Mr.  Stainton’s  unpub¬ 
lished  notes.  The  work  contains  several  unpublished  woodcuts 
of  venation. 

J.  A.  Lintner.  Entomological  Contributions  (Appendix 
to  23d  Ann.  Report  N.  Y.  State  Cabinet  of  Natural  History, 
for  the  year  1869,  published  1872).  This  part  contains  the 
following  articles  on  Heterocera :  Biography  of  Hemileuca 
Maia  (Drury)  ;  Description  of  a  new  Sphinx ;  List  of  Sphin- 
gidm  occurring  in  the  State  of  New  York  ;  Dates  of  Collection 
of  New  York  Heterocera ;  List  of  North  American  Lepidop¬ 
tera  contained  in  “  Species  General  des  Lepidopteres  par  A. 
Guenee;”  Notes  on  Cucullia  intermedia  Speyer. 

The  same,  No.  II  (from  the  24th  Ann.  Report,  etc.,  for 
the  year  1870,  published  in  1872),  contains  articles  on  the  fol¬ 
lowing  subjects  relating  to  the  Heterocera :  On  the  Larva 
and  Imago  of  Sesia  diffinis  Harris  ;  Transformations  of  Sesia 
Bnffgloensis  Gr.-Rob.  ;  On  the  Larva  and  Pupa  of  Thyreus 
Abbotii  Swainson ;  On  the  Larva  of  Philampelus  Achemon 
(Drury)  ;  Smerinthus  geminatus  Say,  and  its  supposed  vari¬ 
eties  ;  Transformations  of  Daremma  undidosa  Walk. ;  Notes 
on  Platarctia  Parthenos  (Harr.)  ;  Notes  on  Euprepia  Ameri¬ 
cana;  Notes  on  Euchcetes  Egle  (Drury)  ;  Transformations  of 
Lagoa  crispata  Pack.  ;  Transformations  of  Hyperchiria  Io 
(Fabr.)  ;  Transformations  of  Eacles  imperialis  (Drury)  ;  Lar¬ 
val  Notes  on  Anisota  senatoria  (Smith)  ;  Dates  of  Collection 
of  some  Heterocera  for  1870. 


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LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


A.  Speyer  (Entomological  Contributions,  by  J.  A.  Lintner, 
I).  On  Cucullia  intermedia ,  n.  sp.,  and  C.  lucifuga  W.  V. 

A.  R.  Grote  and  C.  T.  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc. 
iii,  176).  Description  of  North  American  Lepidoptera,  No.  5. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.  iv,  1).  On  the  North 
American  species  of  Catocala. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.  iv,  20).  Descriptions 
of  North  American  Noctuidse,  No.  1,  p.  89,  No.  2. 

H.  St^iecker.  Lepidoptera,  Rhopaloceres  and  Ileteroceres, 
indigenous  and  exotic  ;  with  descriptions  and  colored  illustra¬ 
tions.  4to,  one  plate. 

C.  V.  Riley.  Fourth  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious,  Bene¬ 
ficial  and  other  Insects  of  Missouri. 

W.  LeBaron.  Second  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious  In¬ 
sects  of  Illinois. 

The  Abbe  Provanciier  ;  editor  of  Naturaliste  Canadien. 

T.  Glover  (Monthly  Report  of  the  Department  of  Agricul¬ 
ture).  Entomological  Record. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Fourth  Ann.  Rep.  Peabody  Acad.  Sci¬ 
ence).  New  North  American  Moths  ;  Zygmnidse  and  Bomby- 
cidse. 

Lord  Walsingiiam  (American  Naturalist,  vi,  275).  Direc¬ 
tions  for  collecting  Microlepidoptera. 

B.  P.  Mann  (American  Naturalist,  vi,  332,  596).  The  White 
Coffee  Leaf  Miner. 

SPHIN  GID2E . 

J.  A.  Lintner  (Ent.  Oontr.,  i)  describes  as  new  Ellema  pineum  (PI. 
8,  figs.  12  $,  13  5).  On  p.  40  he  gives  a  list  of  Sphingidse  occurring 
in  the  State  of  New  York.  In  No.  2  he  describes  the  transformations 
of  Spsia  diffinis  Harr.,  S.  Buffaloensis  G.  and  R.,  Thy  reus  Abhotii 
Swain.,  Philampelus  Achernon  ( Drury),  Smerinthns  geminatus  Say  and 
its  supposed  varieties,  and  Daremma  undulosa  Walk. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  184)  describes  as  new 
Aellopus  Blainii  from  Cuba. 


ZYGJENIDiE. 

R.  H.  Stretch  (Ill.  Zygsenidse  and  Bombycidae  N.  A.)  gives  a  synop¬ 
sis  of  the  twelve  known  species  of  Atypia ,  and  describes  as  new  from 
California  Alypia  Brannani  (PI.  1,  fig.  8  J');  A.  similis  (PL  1,  fig.  5 
$ ) ;  A.  lunata  (PI.  1,  fig.  6  $ ).  On  p.  22  he  states  that  Scepsis  Pack - 
ardii  Grote  is  a  synonyme  of  S.  fulvicollis  (Hfibn.).  On  p.  25  he  gives 


LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


13 


a  synopsis  of  the  species  of  Ctenucha ,  and  describes  as  new  from 
California  Cl.  brunnea.  On  p.  147  he  tabulates  the  three  species  of 
Eudryas ,  and  describes  as  new  E.  brevipennis  (PI.  7,  figs.  3,  4)  Cal. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (4th  Rep.  Peab.  Acad.  Sci.)  describes  as  new 
Lycomorpha  miniata  from  South  California  and  L.  Palmerii  from  Ari¬ 
zona. 


BOMBYCIDJE. 

R.  H.  Stretch  (Ill.  Zyg.  and  Bomb.  N.  A.)  gives  a  synopsis  of  the 
species  of  Cisthene.  He  says  “it  seems  not  unlikely”  that  Euphanessa 
mendica  must  be  removed  to  the  Geometridm,  as  the  larva  has  been 
found  by  Mr.  Saunders  to  be  a  geometer,  having  but  two  pairs  of 
prop  legs.  On  p.  58  he  discusses  the  limits  of  the  species  of  Utetheisa. 
He  then  gives  a  synopsis  of  the  species  of  Callimorpha.  Rodiosoma 
is  characterized  as  new,  and  K.  fulva ,  n.  sp.  (PI.  2,  fig.  7),  K.  nigra 
(PI.  2,  fig.  8)  Cal.,  K.  tricolor  (Pi.  2,  fig.  5)  Nevada,  described  from 
California;  K.  Eavesii  (PI.  2,  fig.  (5)  Nevada,  described  from  California 
and  Nevada.  A  synopsis  of  Arctia  is  given  on  p.  74,  with  descriptions 
of  the  following  new  species:  A.  Behrii  (PI.  3,  fig.  12  $,  11  $  ) ;  A. 
Bolanderi  (PI.  3,  fig.  13) ;  and  A.  Edwardsii  (PI  3,  fig.  9)  California. 
On  p.  83  he  gives  a  detailed  description  of  the  larva  of  Arachnis  picta 
Pack.  On  p.  87  he  tabulates  the  species  of  Halesidota,  and  describes 
the  larva  of  H.  Edwardsii  Pack.  He  thinks  Phryganidia  should  be 
removed  from  the  Psychidae,  in  which  it  was  placed  by  Packard,  to 
the  Zygsenidae  near  Procris  and  Ctenucha,  since  Heterogynis,  its  ally, 
has  been  removed  by  many  European  writers  to  that  group.  He 
describes  its  larva  and  pupa.  On  p.  103  he  describes  the  larva  and 
cocoon  of  Halesidota  Agassizii  Pack.  On  p.  135  he  describes  as  new 
IT.  snbrina  (PI.  6,  fig.  10  $),  Cal.  He  also  describes  as  new  Sthenopis 
Behrensii  (PI.  4,  fig.  0)  Cal.  and  Sthenopis  Montana  (PI.  4,  fig.  7),  from 
Cal.  On  p.  107  he  tabulates  the  four  species  of  Hemileuca ,  and  de¬ 
scribes  as  new  II.  Nevadensis  (PI.  4,  fig.  10  J),  Nevada,  redescribes 
JDrepana  siculifer  Pack.  (PI.  4,  fig.  11  $)  Cal.,  Gastropacha  Mildei  (PI. 
4,  fig.  12)  Cal.  On  p.  115  he  tabulates  the  species  of  Notodonta,  and 
describes  as  new  R.  Calif arnica  (PI.  4,  fig.  5)  Cal.,  with  an  account 
of  the  larva.  On  p.  118  he  describes  as  a  new  genus  Leptarctia ,  tab¬ 
ulating  the  species,  and  describing  as  new  L.  dimidiata  (PI.  5,  fig. 7, 
8,  9,  10)  Cal.  On  p.  130  he  tabulates  the  species  of  Spilosoma  and  de¬ 
scribes  as  new  S.  latipennis  (PI.  6,  fig.  5  $),  probably  New  York. 
On  p.  144  the  $  of  Euleucophceus  tricolor  Pack.,  from  New  Mexico, 
is  described  and  figured  (S'  also). 

J.  A.  Lintner  (Ent.  Contr.,  i)  gives  an  elaborate  account  of  the 
transformations  of  Hemileuca  Maia  (Drury,  PI.  8,  fig.  1).  In  No.  II 
he  gives  an  account  of  the  transformations  of  Piatarctia  Parthenos 
(Harr.),  Euprepia  Americana  (Harr.),  Euchcetes  egle  (Drurv),  Lagoa 
crispata  Pack.,  Hyperchiria  lo  (Fabr.),  Eacles  imperialis  (Drury),  Ani- 
sotci  senatoria  (Smith). 

H.  Strecker  (Lepidoptera,  etc.)  describes  and  figures  Platysamia 
Gloveri  n.  sp.  from  Arizona,  and  notes  the  distribution  of  the  varieties 
of  Euchcetes  egle. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Fourth  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Mo.)  gives  a  full  account  of 
silk  worms,  giving  the  histories,  fully  illustrated,  of  Bombyx  mori 
(Linn.),  Platysamia  Cecropia  (Linn.),  Sarnia  Cynthia  (Drury),  Callo- 
samia  Promethea  (Drury),  Arctias  Luna  (Linn.),  Telea  Polyphemus 


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LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


(Linn.),  Anthercea  Yama-ma'i  G.-Menn.  and  A.  Pernyi  G.-Menn. ;  also 
of  Ecpantheria  scrihonia  Stoll  and  Arctia  Isabella  Smith. 

Provancher  (Nat.  Can.,  283)  gives  an  account  of  Sarnia  Columbia 
Smith,  which  he  thinks  may  be  only  a  variety  of  S.  Cecropia  (Linn.). 

A.  R.  Grote  and  C.  T.  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  176) 
describe  as  new  Vanessocles  (nov.  gen.)  clams,  from  Texas,  and  Lith- 
osia  cephalica,  Texas. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  p.  187)  describes  as  new 
Nelphe  coccinipes  from  Cuba. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (4th  Rep.  Peab.  Acab.  Sci.)  describes  as  new 
Cisthene  grisea,  Clemensia  umbrata ,  Leucarctia  permaculata,  Drepana 
siculifer ,  from  California,  and  Ilemileuca  Juno,  from  border  of  Arizona 
and  Sonora,  Euleucophceus  (nov.  gen.)  tricolor ,  New  Mexico,  Gloveria 
(nov.  gen.)  Arizonensis,  border  of  Arizona  and  New  Mexico,  and 
Gastropacha  Calif ornica  Cal.  He  also  notes  the  occurrence  of  Neme- 
ophila  petrosa  Walk*  in  Southern  California;  refers  Plat  arctia  Scud- 
derii  Pack,  to  the  genus  Nemeophila,  and  regards  Leucarctia  Californica 
as  the  same  as  L.  acrce.a  (Smith).  He  also  records  the  occurrence  of 
Halesidota  caryce  (Harr.)  and  Coloradia  Pandora  Blake  on  the  border 
between  Arizona  and  New  Mexico. 

B.  Clemens  (Tiueina  N.  Amer.  5)  gives  an  account  of  the  means  by 
which  Attacus  Cecropia  effects  its  delivery  from  its  cocoon. 

‘NOCTUTDAH. 

J.  A.  Lintner  (Ent.  Contr.  i,  81)  gives  some  notes  on  the  larva  of 

Cucullia  intermedia  Speyer. 

A.  Speyer  (Lintner’s  Ent.  Contr.,  I,  85)  describes  as  new  Cucullia 
intermedia  (PI.  8,  figs.  5,  6,)  from  N.  York. 

W.  LeBahon  (2d  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Ill.)  gives  an  illustrated  account 
of  Gortyna  nitela  Guen. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  p.  183)  describes  as  new 
Crino  dissimilis  from  Cuba. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  1)  describes  most  of 
the  species  of  Catocala  and  describes  as  new  C.  retecta  from  Middle 
States.  Catocala  flebilis,  C.  coccinata,  C.  habilis,  Penn.,  C.  abbrevia- 
tella,  C.  Frederici ,  Texas,  C.  lineella,  southeastern  states,  C .  llob- 
insonii,  Penn. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  20)  describes  as  new 
Hadena  (Mamestra)  badistriga,  Canada,  N.  Y.,  Emmelia  (Agrophila) 
apicella,  Eutoreuma  (nov.  gen.)  tenuis,  Matigramma  pulverilinea,  Pleo- 
nectyptera  (nov.  gen.  of  which  Pleon.  pyralis  is  the  type)  P.  geome- 
tralis,  P.  plialaenalis,  central  Ala. 

A.  R.  Grote  and  C.  T.  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  179, 
PI.  2)  describe  as  new  Leucania  rubripennis,  Texas,  Acronycta  dissecta 
and  A.  Verrilli,  Mass.;  A.  luteicoma,  Atlantic  district;  and  A.  funer- 
alis ;  Heliothis  citrinellus,  Texas;  Anthcecia  T/ioreaui,  Atlantic  district ; 
Tarache  cretata,  Texas. 

PHALA3NTIDA3. 

W.  LeBaron  (2d  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Ill.)  gives  an  illustrated  accouut 
of  the  habits  of  Anisopteryx  vernata  (Peck). 

A.  Ii.  Grote  and  C.  T.  Robinson  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  182) 
describe  as  new  Fidonia  fimetaria,  Texas. 


LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 


15 


PYRALID^E. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Fourth  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Mo.)  gives  an  account  of  the 
habits  of  Acrobasis  nebulo  (Walsh)  with  illustrations,  and  describes 
as  new  Pempelia  Hammondi,  and  A.  juglandis  LeB.  (with  tig.). 

C.  V.  Riley  (^Araer.  Nat.,  vi,  765)  publishes  a  note  on  the  fertiliza¬ 
tion  of  Yucca  by  Pronuba  yuccasella ,  n.  sp. 

Hkrricij -Schaeffer  (C.  B.  Ver.  Regensburg,  xxv)  describes  as  new 
from  Cuba: — Asopia  tripartitalis,  Hellala  simplicalis ,  Deuterollyta  ma- 
juscula,  Botys  graminalis ,  B.  geminatalis,  B.  germanalis ,  B.  episcopalis , 
B.  glirialis ,  B.  gracilalis ,  />.  narpalis,  B.  semifulvalis ,  B.  subviulalis ,  it. 
subaurantialis ,  15.  subhyalinalis ,  15.  tilieralis ,  15.  hesperialis,  B.  idonealis, 
B.  dilutalis ,  It.  illepidalis ,  15.  impeditalis,  B.  impulsalis ,  It.  impuralis , 
15.  infixnlis ,  It.  lualis,  Phakellura  marianalis,  Ccenostola  quadrifenes- 
tralis,  Lineodrs  gracilalis ,  L.  multisignalis,  Desmia  sertorialis,  D. 
impuralis,  D.  quadrinotalis ,  Z>.  personalis ,  JJ.  pervialis,  Cataclysta 
minimalis ,  and  C.  plusialis. 

W.  LeBaron  (2d  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Ill.)  gives  an  illustrated  account  of 
Acrobasis  nebulo  (Walsh)  and  A.  juglandis  LeB. 

T.  Glover  (Ent.  Record)  gives  a  brief  illustrated  notice  of  Plutella 
xylostella  (Linn.),  and  p.  304,  Anarsia  purinella  Clem. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iv,  23)  describes  as  new  Hy- 
toreuta ,  middle  states,  Benia  brevirostralis ,  Penn.,  Ala  ,  _R.  7ar- 
m/rs,  Penn.,  Texas,  restrictalis ,  Penn.,  I?,  centralis ,  West  Va.,  I?. 
pastoralis ,  Penn.,  I?.  Belfragei ,  Texas. 

In  No.  2  he  describes  as  new  Marasmalus  ventilator ,  N.  Y.,  Mass., 
Phyprosopus  (nov.  gen.)  callitrichoides,  N.  Y.,  Texas,  Madopa  inter- 
puncta  Grote,  Bleptina  inferior ,  Ala.,  Texas,  Herminia  laevigata ,  Penn., 
Va.,  West  Va.,  II.  marcidilinea ,  Penn.,  Ala.,  II.  obscuripennis ,  Central 
Ala.,  H.  ochreipennis ,  West  Va.,  H.  (subgenus  Philometra)  serraticor- 
nis ,  Penn.,  Va.,  H.  longilabris  Penn.,  Va.,  Benia  alutalis ,  Penn.,  I?. 
jj/enilinealis,  Penn.,  Hypena  citata ,  Alabama,  II.  evanidalis ,  eastern 
and  middle  states,  var.,  subrufalis  of  17.  erectalis  Guen.  Atlantic 
states,  H.  sordidula ,  Penn.,  H.  profecta ,  Penn.,  Tortricodes  bifidalis t 
N.  Y.  to  Texas,  I.  indivisalis,  N.  Y.,  Ala.  with  new  descriptions  of 
previously  known  species. 


TORTRICIDIE. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Fourth  Rep.  Ins.  Mo.)  gives  information  of  economic 
value  relating  to  Carpocapsa  pomonella  (Linn.)  and  describes  as  new 
Tortrix  Cinderella ,  with  figures  and  notes  on  its  habits,  and  notices 
the  habits  of  Tortrix  malivorana  LeB. 

W.  LeBaron  (2d  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Ill.)  gives  a  note  on  I ortrix  mali¬ 
vorana  LeB. 

TINEIDJE. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Fourth  Rep.  Ins.  Mo.)  figures  and  notices  the  habits 
and  transformations  of  Bucculatrix  pomifoliella  Clem,  and  Holococera 
glandulella  Riley. 

B.  P.  Mann  (Amer.  Nat.,  vi,  332,  596)  gives  an  exhaustive  account 
(with  figures)  of  the  habits  and  transformations  of  Cemiostoma  coffeel- 
lum  of  Brazil. 

V.  T.  Chambers  (Amer.  Nat.,  vi,  489)  remarks  on  the  synonymy  of 
certain  species  of  Cemiostoma. 

B.  ClExMens  (Tineina  N.  Amer.  8,  16)  describes  the  transformation 


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DIPT ERA. 


of  Lithocolletis  rabinecella ;  p.  19,  Antispila  nysscefaliella ;  p.  25  Phyl- 
lacnistis  vibigenella ;  p.  26  Aspidisca  splendariferella ;  p.  34  gives  a 
synopsis  of  the  groups  of  Tineina. 

H.  T.  Stainton  (Tineina  N.  Amer.)  gives  editional  notes  on  certain 
N.  Amer.  moths  of  this  family. 

V.  T.  Chambers  (Can.  Ent.,  iv)  describes  as  new  Gracilaria  vpato- 
ri.el/a,  G.  plantayinisella,  G.  12 -lineella,  G.  (Coriscium?)  albinatella ,  G. 
salicifoliella ,  G.  Packardella ,  G.  purpuriella.  G.  juglandiella ,  Hyponom- 
eu'a  euonymella ,  H.  longimaculella ,  Heribeia?  incerlella ,  Anarsia  obli- 
qui-strigella ,  Ecagora  (afterwards  p.  192  placed  in  Gelechia)  difficili- 
sella,  Parasia  apici-strigeUa ,  Gelechia  tephriasella,  G.  palpiannulella , 
from  Kentucky;  Parasia  griseaella ,  Canada;  IStrobisia  Aphroditeella,  iS. 
venustella ,  Bepressaria  cryptolechiella ,  D.  f  dubitella ,  B.  albispar sella,  B. 
bistrigella,  Kentucky;  B.  Bileyella,  Ivy.  and  Canada;  Z).  fuscoochrella, 
B.  fuscoluteella,  Ivy. ;  B.  obscurusella,  Ivy.  and  Canada;  Z>.  pseudaca- 
ciella,  Ivv. ;  B.  bimaculella,  B.  cercerisella ,  B.  pallidochrella,  B.  versi - 
colorella ,  D.  bicosto-maculella,  B  querciella,  Hagno  (nov.  gen  )  Jagi- 
nella,  Telghusa  curvistrigella,  Cirrha  (nov.  gen.)  platanella  (=Depres- 
saria  albisparsella),  Adrasteia  Alexandriacella,  A.  fasciella,  Gelechia 
thoraceochrella ,  G.  obscurella,  G.  fuscopulvella,  G.  fuscomaculella,  G. 
quercinig racella,  G.  grisella,  G.  albistrigella,  G.  suffusella ,  6r.  discumac- 
ulella ,  6r.  aurimaculella ,  G.  ?  curvilineella,  G.  physaliella,  G.  quercioo- 
rel/a,  G.  variiella ,  G?  quinqueannul ella ,  6r.  bidiomaculella ,  G.  ceque- 
pulcella,  G.  similiella,  G.  rubensella,  G.  disco-ocellella,  Agnippe  biscido- 
rella,  A.  fuscopulvella,  Adrasteia  querciella,  Veuilia  (nov.  gen.)  albapal- 
pella,  Begce  (nov.  gen .)  costolutella,  Ypsolophus  eupatoriella,  Y.  Reedella , 
Y.  quercipominella ,  Y  querciella,  Y.  carycefoliella ,  K.  straminiella ,  b'a- 
garitis  (nov.  gen.)  gracilella ,  from  Kentucky,  with  notes  on  habits  of 
these  and  other  species. 


DIPTERA. 

H.  Loew  (Berliner  Entomol.  Zeitschr.  xvi,  49).  “  Dip- 

tera  Americse  Septentrionalis  Xndigena.”  Besides  the  descrip¬ 
tion  of  one  hundred  new  species  of  North  American  Flies,  an 
index  to  the  whole  ten  centuries  is  given,  besides  a  few  notes 
on  various  genera  and  species  treated  in  the  work,  as  well  as 
several  typographical  corrections.  The  new  species  are  enum¬ 
erated  below. 

R,.  Osten  Sacken  (Amer.  Entomol.  Soc.,  iii,  345).  Bio¬ 
graphical  Notes  on  Diptera,  No.  2. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Second  Annual  Rep.  on  the  Injurious 
and  Beneficial  nsects  of  Mass.).  Notes  on  the  Onion-fly,  and 


DIPTERA. 


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a  Tachinid  parasite  of  Pieris  rapce.  (Reprinted  also  in  Bulletin 
Essex  Inst.,  iv,  8.) 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Am.  Nat.,  vi,  665).  Fossil  Insects  from  the 
Rocky  Mountains.  Refers  to  the  fossil  Diptera  collected  by 
various  exploring  parties,  numbering  65  specimens  of  13 
species.  None  are  described  or  named. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Fourth  Rep.  on  the  Insects  of  Missouri)  men¬ 
tions  the  Tachinse  referred  to  below. 

T.  Glover  (Monthly  Rep.  Dep.  Agriculture).  Entomolog¬ 
ical  Record. 


TIPULIDJE. 

H.  Loew  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  as  new,  Dixa  vinosa , 
Tipula  prcecisa ,  Ctenophora  augustipennis. 

CECIDOMYIDJE. 

R.  Osten  Sack  ex  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  345)  describes  all  the 
stages  of  Diplosis  resinicofa  sp.  n.,  found  in  resin  lumps  on  Pinus 
inops.  Also  the  gall  and  larva  of  Cecidomyia  cerasi-serotince  sp.  n., 
from  the  wild  cherry.  Records  capture  of  Asphondylia  monacha  O.  S., 
in  Tarrytown,  N.  Y.,  June  17,  1871. 

STRATIOMYID2E. 

H.  Loew  (Ber.  Ent..  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  the  following  new  species, 
Odontomyia  arcuata,  O.  plebeja ,  0.  nigerrima ,  Stratiomyia  insignis,  S. 
constans,  Clitellaria  lata ,  Nemotelus  glaber,  Hermetia  chrysopila. 

TABAUIDJE. 

H.  Loew  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  Chrysops  gigantulus  sp.  n. 

LEPTIDJE. 

H.  Loew  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  Alterix  varicornis,  Chryso¬ 
pila  modesta ,  Triptotricha  (gen.  nov.)  lauta,  Leptis  incisa,  new  species. 

CYRTID^E. 

H.  Loew  (Ber.  En.t.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  as  new,  Eulonclius  tristis, 
Oncodes  eugonatus  and  O.  melampus. 

MID  AID  JE. 

H.  Loew  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  Midas  tenuipes,  sp.  n. 

ASILID^E. 

H.  Loew  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  as  new,  Dioctria  resplendens , 
Echthopoda  formosa,  Lepto g aster  brevicornis,  Blax  (gen.  nov.)  bellus ,  Py- 
gostylus  cemulator,  Diugmites  symmachus,  Microstylum  morosum,  Steno- 


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DIPTERA. 


pogon  breviusculus,  S.  gratus,  S.  obscuriventris,  S.  univittatus ,  Bfetero- 
pogon  lautus,  H.  phcenicurus,  Discocephala  calva.  Loew  also  discusses 
the  characters  of  Blax  (gen.  nov.),  Taracticus  (gen.  nov.)  ail'd  Pygos- 
tylus,  genera  of  Dasypoginse. 

THEREUIDJE. 

H.  Loew  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.  xvi)  describes  Thereua  fucata ,  T.  mela- 
neura  and  Xestomyza  planiceps,  new  species. 

t  BOMBYLIDJE. 

H.  Loew  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.  xvi)  describes  as  new,  Aphcebantus  (gen. 
nov.)  cervinus ,  Leptochilus  (gen.  nov.)  modesty s ,  Bombylius  albicapil- 
latus,  B .  semirufus,  Sparnopolius  brevicornis,  Bloas  atrotvla ,  P.  nigri- 
pennis,  P.  obesula,  Allocotus  (gen.  nov.)  Bdwardsii,  Phthiria  egerimans. 

SYRPHIDJE. 

H.  Loew  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  as  new,  Spilomyia  longicor- 
nis,  Myiolepta  cerea,  M.  nigra ,  M.  strigilata,  Brachypolpus  cyanogaster,  B. 
frontosus,  Helophilus '  polygrammus,  Microdon  baliopterus,  Ceria  tridens. 

PIPUE’  CULIDJE . 

H.  Loew  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  Pipunculus  fasciatus  and 
P.  subvirescens,  new  species. 

TACHYDROMIDJE. 

♦ 

H.  Loew  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  Drapetis  divergens,  gilvipes 
and  unipila,  new  species. 

DOLICHOPODID^E. 

H.  Loew  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  as  new,  Paraclius  pumilio , 
Pelastoneurus  furcifer  and  Hydrophorus  cerutias. 

TACHINIDJE. 

H.  Loew  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  Blepharopeza  adusta  and 
Gymnosoma  Jiliola,  new  species. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (4th  Rep.  Ins.  Mo.)  describes  Exorista  phycitce  sp.  n. 
LeBaron,  parasitic  on  Phycita  nebula  Walsh. ;  names,  but  does  not  de¬ 
scribe,  Tachina  ( Masicera )  anonyma  sp.  n.  parasitic  on  Telea  Poly¬ 
phemus,  and  also  he  thinks  on  six  other  moths  or  butterflies.  He  also 
mentions  Exorista  leucanice  Kirk.,  var.  cecropice  Riley,  as  parasitic  on 
Cynthia  lecropia. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (2nd  Report  Ins.  Mass.)  figures  a  Tachinid  para¬ 
site  of  Pieris  rapce. 

ANTHOMYID^E. 

H.  Loew  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  Homalomyia  femorata 
Loew,  and  the  following  new  species,  H.  tetracantha,  Coenosia  calopyga , 
C.  modesta,  C .  nivea  and  Schcenomyza  dorsalis. 


COLEOPTERA. 


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CORD  YLURIDJE . 

H.  Lorw  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  as  new,  Corclylura  capillata 
C.  fulvibarba,  G.  lutea  and  C.  victipes. 

HELOMYZID^E. 

H.  Lorw  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  as  new,  Blepharoptera  dis¬ 
color  and  pectincita. 

SCIOMYZIDJE. 

H.  Lorw  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  Sciomyza  tenuipes  and  tra- 
beculata ,  new  species. 

SAPROMYZID^E. 

H.  Lorw  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  Sapromyza  macula  and 
Lauxania  eucephala ,  new  species. 

EPHYDRIDJE. 

H.  Lorw  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  Nbtiphila  pulchrifrons, 
new  species. 

DROSOPHILIDJE. 

H.  Lorw  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  Drosophila  obesa  and  sig- 
moides,  new  species. 


OSCINIDiE. 

H.  Lorw  (Ber.  Ent.  Zeit.,  xvi)  describes  as  new  Grassiseta  eunota , 
Hipped  at  es  eulophns ,  H.pusio,  Opetiophora  (gen.  nov.)  straminea ,  Siplio- 
nella  latifrons ,  Chlorops  (  Gentor )  procera ,  C.  ( Anthracophaga )  macu¬ 
losa;  G.  ( Diplotoxa )  alternata ,  conjluens ,  Gundlacliii ,  microcera,  nigri¬ 
cans,  and  pulcliripes,  G.  ( Chlorops')\mellea . 


COLEOPTERA. 

Johnson  Petit  (Canadian  Entomologist,  1873,  pp.  3-6). 
Description  of  the  wheat  wire-worm  (larva  of  Agriotes  mancus 
Say). 

List  of  Coleoptera  taken  at  Grimsby  (continued  from  1871) 

p.  12. 

De  Bonvouloir.  Monog.  Eucnemides.  (Ann.  Ent.  Soc. 
France,  Cahier  i,  1870,  1871,  Cahier  ii,  1872.) 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.)  pp.  31,  52,  93,  111,  151,  175, 
196.  Reprint  of  Kirby’s  “Fauna  Boreali- Americana.” 


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COLEOPTERA. 


Dr.  Suffrian  (Stettin  Zeitung,  1872,  p.  11).  Synonymische 
Miscellaneen. 

A.  Matthews.  Descriptions  of  two  new  species  of  Am- 
phizoa  discovered  in  Vancouver’s  Island  by  Mr.  Jos.  Beau¬ 
champ  Matthews.  (Cistula  Entomologica,  part  v,  London, 
1872.) 

J.  L.  LeConte,  M.D.  (Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  Lond.,  Nov.,  1872). 
On  Platypsyllidse,  a  new7  family  of  Coleoptera. 

Gr.  II.  Horn,  M.D.  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  1872.)  Synop¬ 
sis  of  the  Malachiidae  of  the  United  States,  pp.  109-127. 

The  Brenthidse  of  the  United  States,  pp.  127-159. 

Revision  of  species  of  Lebia  of  the  United  States,  pp.  ISO- 
142. 

Description  of  some  new  North  American  Coleoptera,  pp. 
143-152. 

S.  II.  Scudder  (Amer.  Nat.  vi,  665).  Fossil  Insects  from 
the  Rocky  Mountains.  Twelve  species  of  Coleoptera  are 
cited. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Memoirs  Peab.  Acad.  Sci.,  iii,  7). 
Embryological  Studies  on  Hexapodous  Insects.  In  this  paper 
the  author  describes  and  fgures  the  embryology  of  Attelabus 
rhois ,  Telephones  fraxini ,  Gastrophysa  polygoni  and  Mysia  13- 
punctata. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Ann.  Rep.  Peab.  Acad.  Sci.  for  1871). 
List  of  the  Coleoptera  collected  in  Labrador.  The  species 
were  identified  by  Drs.  Horn  and  LeConte.  The  list  is  accom¬ 
panied  with  the  dates  and  special  localities. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (2d.  Ann.  Rep.  Injurious  Insects  of 
Mass.).  The  habits  of  several  beetles  are  noticed. 

L.  W.  Schaufuss  (Nunquam  Otiosus,  Sept.,  1870,  pp.  1-12). 
Notes  on  the  genus  Pleocoma  Lee. 

CICINDELID-ZE. 

G.  H.  Horn  (loc.  cit.  p.  143).  Omits  Lecontei  n.  sp.  Cal. 

CARABIDiE. 

G.  H.  Horn  (loc.  cit.  p.  143).  Cychrus  rugiceps ,  n.  sp.  Cal.  (p.  131) 


COLEOPTERA. 


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Lebia  majuscula.  Chaud.  Tex.  Perrins.  Cal.  (p.  139)  L.  muandan.  sp., 
Ariz. ;  L.  Spraguei  n.  sp.,  Tex. 

AMPHIZOIDJE. 

A.  Matthews.  Amphizoa  Lecontei,  A.  Josephi,  Vancouver  Island. 

HYDROPHILID.ZE. 

G.  H.  Horn  ( loc .  cit.  p.  144).  Limnocharis  (n.  g.,)  piceus  n.  sp.,  Cal. 


LEPTINIDiE. 

G.  H.  Horn  (loc.  cit.  p.  145).  Leptinus  validus  n.  sp.,  Hudson’s  Bay. 

PLATYPSYLLIDJE. 

J.  L.  LeConte  (loc.  cit.  pp.  799-804).  Platypsyllidje,  new  family 
of  Coleoptera  founded  on  Platypsylla  castoris  Ritsema,  an  insect 
parasitic  on  the  North  American  beaver;  illustrated  by  an  octavo 
plate. 

TROGOSITIDJE. 

G-  H.  Horn  (loc.  cit.  p.  146).  Pityophagus  rufipennis  n.  sp.,  Oregon. 


COLYDIIDJE. 

G.  H.  Horn  (loc.  cit.  p.  146).  Deretaphrus  Oregonensis  n.  sp.,  Oregon. 

SCARAB.EIDJE. 

L.  W.  Schaufuss  (loc.  cit.  p.  5).  Pleocoma  Staff;  p.  11,  P.  hirti- 
collis,  both  from  California. 

ETJCWEMIDJE. 

De  Bonvouloir  (Monog.  1870).  Deltometopus  (n.  g.,  p.  171)  erep- 
tus  n.  sp.,p.  185,  Louisiana;  Dromceolus  sejunctus  n.  sp.,  p.  266,  Can¬ 
andaigua;  D.  Marseuli  n.  sp.,  p.  268,  New  York;  D.  novitius  n.  sp. 
p.  270,  Louisiana. 

De  Bonvouloir  (Monog.  1872).  Fornax  molestus  n.  sp.,  p.  376,  IT. 
S. ;  Entomophthalmus  (n.  g.,  p.  513)  pallens,  p.  518,  Tennessee;  Mi~ 
crorhagus  oblitus,  n.  sp.,  p.  552. 

G.  H.  Horn  (loc.  cit.  p.  147).  Phcenocerus  Americanus  n.  sp.,  Van¬ 
couver. 

ELATERIDJE. 

G.  H.  Horn  (loc.  cit.  p.  147).  Cardiophorus  mimeticus  n.  sp.,  Cal.; 
Agriotes  Thevenetii  n.  sp.,  Cal. ;  Limonius  Crotchii  n.  sp.,  Oregon. 

LAMPYRIDJE. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (3d  Mem.  Peab.  Acad.  Sci.)  describes  and  fig¬ 
ures  the  embryology  of  Telephorus  fraxini .  It  differs  from  the  other 
Coleoptera  whose  development  is  known,  in  the  primitive  band  float¬ 
ing  in  the  centre  of  the  yolk,  instead  of  being  surrounded  by  it. 


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COLEOPTERA. 


M  AL  ACHIID  IE! . 

G.  H.  Hohn  (loc.  cit.  p.  111).  Temnopsophus  (n.  g.,)  bimaculatus  n. 
sp.,  Louisiana;  Malachius  mixtus  n.  sp..  Cal.;  M.  TJlkei  n.  sp.,  I)ak.; 
Microlipus  Icevicollis  n.  sp..  Neb. ;  Pseurfebceus  (n.  g.),  Attalus  rostratus 
n.  sp.,  Cal.;  A.  trimaculatus  Motsch.  ( elegans  Horn);  A.  Oregonensis 
n.  sp.,  Or.;  A.  varians  n.  sp.,  Tex.;  A.  parallelus  n.  sp.,  Tex.;  A. 
Pettiti  n.  sp.,  Can. ;  A.  rujiventvis  n.  sp.,  Tex.,  Oliio. 

MONOMMIDJE. 

G.  H.  Horn  ( loc .  cit.  p.  149).  Hyporhagus  Gilensis  n.  sp.,  H.  opun- 
tice  n.  sp.,  both  from  Arizona. 

PYTHIDJE. 

G.  H.  Horn  (loc.  cit.  p.  150).  Sphalma  (n.  g.),  quadricollis  n.  sp., 
Cal. 

CERAMBYCIDJE. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (2cl  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Mass.  17)  describes  and 
figures  Arliopalus  fulminans  Fabr.  and  notices  its  habits ;  also  Callid- 
ium  variabile ,  and  Physocnemum  brevilineum  Say. 

CHRYSOMELIDJE. 

G.  H.  Horn  (loc.  cit.  p.  152).  Andrector  (n.  g.),  sexpunctatus  n.  sp., 
Texas. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (3d  Mem.  Peab.  Acad.  10)  describes  and  fig¬ 
ures  the  embryology  of  Gastrophysa  polygoni  and  Mysia  13 -punctata. 
Its  development  is  said  to  agree  substantially  with  that  of  Donacia. 

Suffrian  (Stettin  Zeitung  p.  21).  Donacia pubicollis  n.  sp.,  Illinois. 

BRENTHIDJE. 

G.  H.  Horn  (loc.  cit.  p.  127).  Brenthus  peninsularis  n.  sp.,  B.  lu- 
canus  n.  sp.,  both  from  the  peninsula  of  Lower  California. 

CURCULIONIDJE. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (3d.  Mem.  Peab.  Acad.  Sci.)  describes  the 
habits  and  embryology  of  Attelabus  rhois.  Its  development  in  the  egg 
is  in  its  essential  features  like  that  of  Donacia. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (2d  Ann.  Rep.  Ins.  Mass.  13)  figures  and  de¬ 
scribes  Ceutorhynchus  assimilis  Payk.  and  notes  its  occurrence  on  the 
radish  in  Maine ;  Otiorhynchus  picipes  Fabr.  adv.  Europe,  and  larva  of  a 
species  of  Balaninus  found  in  chestnuts. 

SCOLYTIDJE. 

P.  S.  Sprague  (Proc.  Bost.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiv,  206)  notices  the  habits 
of  Cryphalas  asperulus  Lee. 


HEMIPTERA.  HETEROPTERA. 


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HEMIPTERA. 

W.  LeBaron  (Second  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious  In¬ 
sects  of  the  State  of  Illinois). 

L.  Provancher  (Le  Naturaliste  Canadien). 

C.  V.  Riley  (Fourth  Annual  Report  of  the  Insects  of  Mis¬ 
souri). 

O.  M.  Reuter,  Nabidse  novae  et  minus  cognitae  (Ofversigt 
af  Kongl.  Vetensk.  Akad.  No.  6). 

C.  Staal,  Enumeratio  hemipterorum  (Kongl.  Svensk  Vet¬ 
ensk.  Akad.  Handlingar.  Vol.  10). 

P.  R.  Uhler,  Notices  of  the  Hemiptera  of  the  Western  Ter¬ 
ritories  of  the  U.  S.  (In  Dr.  Hayden’s  Preliminary  Report  on 
Montana). 

F.  Walker,  Catalogue  of  Hemiptera  Heteroptera  in  the 
British  Museum.  Part  v. 

F.  Walker,  Hemiptera  (Canadian  Entomologist)  Heterop¬ 
tera  of  America  north  of  the  U.  S. 

R.  H.  Stretch  (Proc.  Cal.  Acad.  Sci.  iv,  262).  Notes  on 
a  species  of  Coccus  recently  found  in  California. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Amer.  Nat.,  vi,  665).  Fossil  Insects  from 
the  Rocky  Mountains.  Two  Hemiptera  are  cited. 


(HETEROPTERA.) 

SCUTELLERIDJE. 

P.  R.  Uiiler  ( l .  c.)  reports  Corimeloena  niticluloides  Wolff,  C.  extensa 
Uhler,  Homcemus  ceneifrons  Say,  and  describes  as  new  II.  bijugis,  from 
Colorado,  etc. 

L.  Provancher  (7.  c.)  describes  as  new  Eurygaster  Nicoletanensis , 
from  Upper  Canada.  It  is  only  a  local  form  of  E.  alternatus!  Say. 

P.  Walker  (Canad.  Ent.)  records  Homcemus  exilis  H.  Sch.,  Cori¬ 
melcena  unicolor  Beauv.,  C.  ater  Dallas. 

PENTATOMIDJE. 

L.  Provancher  (7.  c.)  describes  as  new  Perillus  marginatus ,  and 
Brochymena  4-notata.  The  former  is  the  previously  described  Perillus 
circumcinctus  Staal. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (7.  c.)  notes  the  predaceous  habits  of  Perillus  circum¬ 
cinctus  Staal,  Euschistus  punctipes  Say,  and  Anna  (Podisus)  spinosue 


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HETEROPTERA. 


Say ;  and  reports  Murgantia  histrionica  Hahn  to  be  destructive  to  the 
cabbages,  in  Missouri,  Texas,  etc. 

C.  Staal  ( l .  c.  p.  6)  notices  Discocephala  notulata  Staal,  D  clypeata 
Staal,  Dinocoris  obscurus  Dallas,  Pelidnocoris  Staali  Hagl.,  Empv'orus 
ramosus  Walk.,  Mexico,  Alathetus  rufitarsis  Dallas,  Jamaica,  Podops  du- 
bius  Beauv.,  Cuba,  P.  cinctipes  Say,  N.  America;  Bro>:hymena  myops 
Staal,  B.  quadripustulata  Fab.,  B.  Annulata  Fab.,  B.  arborea  Say,  B. 
Garolinensis  Westw.,  B.  Harrisii  Uhler,  United  States ;  Mecidea  langu¬ 
id  Staal,  Texas ;  Aelia  Americana  Dallas,  Neottiglossa  undata  Say,  Cos- 
mopepla  carnifex  Fab.,  Mormidea  lugens  Fab.,  Oebalus  pugnax  Fab., 
Euschistus  Jissiles  Uhler,  E.  servus  Say,  E,  tristigma  Say,  E.  variolarius 
Beauv.,  E.  ictericus  Linn.,  E.  crenator  Fab.,  E  crassus  Dallas,  Proxys 
punctulatus  Beauv.,  Ccenus  delius  Say,  Hymenaarys  ozqualis  Say,  H. 
nervosa  Say,  Menecles  insertus  Say,  Prionosoma  podopioides  Uhler,  Lio- 
derma  saucia  Say,  Bhytidolomia  senilis  Say,  Antlieminia  Lynx  Fab., 
Trichopepla  semivittata  Say,  Thyanta  perditor  Fab.,  T.  custator  Fab., 
T.  pallido-virens  Staal,  T.  tceniola  Dallas,  T.  rugulosa  Say,  Murgantia 
histrionica  Hahn,  Perillus  bioculatus  Fab.,  Nezara  viridula  Linn.,  W. 
Pensylvanica  DeGeer,  W.  hilaris  Say,  Banasa  dimidiata  Say,  B.  cati- 
nus  Dallas,  Arvelius  albo-punctatus  DeGeer,  Edusa  bijida  Say,  Acantho- 
soma  cruciata  Say,  A.  affinis  Westw.,  A.  borealis  Westw.,  A.  nebulosa 
Kirby,  A.  lateralis  Say,  Pentatoma  laticornis  Say,  P.  calva  Say,  P.  facrta 
Say,  P.  pantherina  Westw.,  P.  Harrisii  Westw.,  P.  pice  a  Dallas,  P.  dubia 
Dallas,  United  States  and  Canada;  also  Brochymena  obscura  H.  Schf., 
B.  Poeyi  Guer  ,  Cosmopepla  decorata  Hahn,  C.  conspicillaris  Dallas,  Mor¬ 
midea  collaris  Dallas,  M.  angustata,  Staal,  M.  pictiventris  Staal,  M.  notu¬ 
lata  H.  Schf.,  M.  discoidea  Dallas,  M.  qeographica  Guer.,  M.  cubrosa 
Dallas,  Euschistus  verrucifer  Staal,  E.  bijibulus  Beauv.,  E .  spurculus 
Staal,  E.  comptus  Walk.,  E.  biformis  Staal,  E.  strenuus  Staal,  Bere- 
cynthus  delirator  Fab.,  Padcens  irroratus  H.  Schf.,  P.  trivittatus  Staal, 
Proxys  victor  F  ab.,  P.  punctulatus  Beauv.,  Ccenus  delius  Say ,  Cblorochroa 
ligata  Say,  Thyanta  tceniola  Dallas,  T.  casta  Staal,  Chlorocoris  atrispi- 
nus  Staal,  C.  rufispinus  Dallas,  C.  rubescens  Walk.,  C.  distinctus  Sign., 
Loxa  flavicollis  Drury,  Murgantia  munda  Dallas,  M.  violascens  Westw., 
Arocera  melanopyga  Staal,  A.  splendens  Blanch.,  A.  rufonotata  Staal, 
Bimibia  perspicua  Fab.,  B.  proximo  Dallas,  Vulsirea  insignis  Blanch., 
V.  variegata  Drury,  V.  violacea  Fab.,  Pharypia  pulcliella  Drury,  P. 
nitidiventris  Staal,  P.  fasciata  Hagl.,  Nezara  stictica  Dallas,  N.  mar- 
ginata  Beauv.,  N.  sparnius  Dallas,  Piezodorus  Guildinii  Westw., 
Phineus  fusco-punctatus  Staal,  Taurocerus  achilles  Staal,  T.  hector  Staal, 
Pharnus  inconspicuus  H.  S.,  P.  variegatus  Guer.,  Brachystethus  ru- 
bromaculatus  Dallas,  Peromatus  robnstus  Hagl.,  Edessa  taurina  Staal, 
E.  Arabs  Linn.,  E.  arietina  Staal,  E.  licedula  Staal,  E.  olivacea  Staal, 
E.  nigricornis  Staal,  E.  reticulata  Staal,  E.  nigrispina  Staal,  E  junix 
Staal,  E.  vinula  Staal,  E.  rixosa  Staal,  E.  puncticornis  Staal.  E.  patricia 
Staal,  E.lineigera  Staal,  E.  rufo-marginata  Staal,  E.  meditabundaFnb., 
E.  albicors  Staal,  E.  prcecellens  Staal,  E.  jurgiosa  Staal,  E.  lepida 
Staal,  E.  pudica  Staal,  E.  pudibunda  Staal,  Olbia  caprina  Staal,  Pen¬ 
tatoma  cruenta  Beauv.,  Pentatoma  ovalis  Westw.,  P.  obsoleta  Dallas, 
West  Indies  and  Mexico ;  and  describes  as  new  Discocephala  margi- 
nella,  Melanodermus  tartareus,  Brochymena  cariosa,  Melanostoma  sul- 
cifrons,  M.  cavifrons,  Mormidea  albisignis,  M.  sordidula,  M.  grises- 
cens,  Oebalus  insulans ,  Euschistus  impictiventris,  E.  rugifer ,  E.  integer , 
Hymenarcys  reticulata ,  Bhytidolomia  Belfragei,  Chlorochroa  Ulileri ,  C. 
Sayi ,  Trichopepla  atricornis,  Peribalus  lunbolarius,  Chlorocoris  subru- 


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HETEROPTERA. 


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gosus,  Fecelia  minor ,  Banasa  Packardii.  B.  euchlora ,  Piezodorus  herba- 
ceus ,  Modicia  sexlineata,  E  less  a  laticornis ,  E.  conspersa,  E.  Westringii, 
E.  picticornis ,  E.  Mexicana ,  P.  punctiventris,  from  Texas,  Mexico  and 
the  West  Indies. 

P.  R.  Uuler  (Z.  c.)  reports  Brochymena  serrata  Fab.,  P.  arbor ea 
Say,  Prionosoma  podopioules  Uhler,  Perillus  claudus  Say,  P.  exapta 
Say,  P.  circumcinctus  Staal,  Podisus  spinosus  Dallas,  Zicrona  cuprea 
Dallas,  Cosmopepla  carnifex  Fab.,  Neottiglossa  undata  Say,  Mormidea 
lugens  Fab.,  Murgantia  histrionica  Hahn,  Coenus  delia  Say,  C.  cequalis 
Say,  Euschistus  Jissilis  Uhler,  E.  punctipes  Say,  E.  pyrrhocerus  H.  Schf., 
Carpocoris  lynx  Fab.,  Pentatoma  ligator  Say,  P.  faceta  Say,  Thyanta 
perditor  Fab.,  T.  custator  Fab.,  T.  rugulosa  Say,  Colorado,  Arizona, 
etc. ;  and  describes  as  new  Homoemus  bijugis ,  Microporus  obliquus ,  Peri- 
bolus  modesties ,  Holcostethus  abbreviatus ,  Pentatoma  granulosa ,  from 
Montana,  etc. 

F.  Walker  (Canad.  Ent.)  records  Anna  modesta  Dallas,  Zicrona 
cuprea  Dallas,  Z.  marginella  Dallas  (already  cited  many  times  by  accu¬ 
rate  authors  under  its  correct  name,  Perillus  exaptus  Say),  JEthus 
bilineatus  Say,  tSehirus  liqatus  Say,  Euschistus  punctipes  Say,  E.  luridus 
Dallas,  ZElia  trilineata  Kirby,  Eysarcoris  carnifex  Fab.,  Pentatoma  juni- 
perina  Linn.,  P.  picea  Dallas,  Bhaphigaster  catinus  Dallas,  Acanthosoma 
cruciata  Say,  Canada.  Several  others  of  these  are  also  preoccupied, 
and  belong  to  other  genera. 


COREIDJE. 

L.  Provan cher  (Z.  c.)  describes  as  new  genus  and  species  Tetra- 
rhinus  Quebecensis.  It  is  the  previously  described  Protenor  Belfragei 

Hugh 

P.  R.  Uhler  (Z.  c.)  notices  Archimerus  calcurator  Fab.,  Merocoris 
distinctus  Dallas,  Leptoglossus  phyllopus  Linn.,  Chelinidea  vitligera 
Uhler,  Maryus  inconspicuus  H.  Schf.,  Catorhintha  mendica  Staal,  Ficana 
apicalis  Dallas,  Anasa  tristis  DeGeer,  Alydiis  eurinus  Say,  Stacliyoc- 
nemus  apicalis  Dallas,  Protenor  Belfragei  Hagl.,  Neides  spinosus  Say, 
Harmostes  reflexulus  Say,  Anfeius  impressicollis  Staal,  Corizus  borealis 
Uhler,  C.  lateralis  Say,  Leptocoris  trivittatus  Say,  Jadera  hcematoloma 
H.  Schf.,  Colorado,  Dakota,  etc.,  and  describes  as  new  Metapodius 
Thomasii ,  Alydus  Pluto ,  Neides  decurvatus,  Dasycoris  humilis ,  and  Cori¬ 
zus  viridicatus,  from  Colorado,  etc. 

F.  Walker  (Z.  c.)  cites  Catorhintha  guttula  Fab.,  C.  selector  Staal, 
Nirovecus  claviger  Staal,  Madura  perfida ,  Plunentis  tabulatus  Burm., 
Plapigus  circumcinctus  Staal,  Ilarmostes  virescens  Dallas,  H.  serratus 
Fab.,  II.  dorsalis  Burm.,  H.  nebulosus  Staal,  Margus  inconspicuus  H. 
Schf.,  Margus  inornatus  Staal,  Bhopalus punclipennis  Dallas,  B.  puncti- 
vehtris  Dallas,  B.  maculigerus  Uhler,  B.  sidae  Fab.,  B.  hyalinus  Fab., 
B.  scutatus  Staal.  B.  ventralis  Signt.,  from  N.  America  and  Mexico,  and 
describes  as  new  Namacus  rufescens ,  from  Mexico. 

F.  Walker  (Canad.  Ent.)  records  Alydus  calcaratus  Linn.,  Canada. 

LYG2EIDJE. 

W.  LeBaron  (Z.  c.)  details  the  habits  of  Micropus  leucopterus  Say, 
in  Illinois. 

L.  Provancher  (Z.  c.)  describes  as  new  Bhyparochromus  punctatus 
and  Nysius  Saint- Cyri,  from  Upper  Canada. 


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HETEROPTERA. 


P.  R.  Uhler  (Z.  c.)  notices  Lygceus  turcicus  Fab.,  L.  fasciatvs  Dallas, 
L.  bistri'angularis  Say,  L.  jacetus  Say,  L.  bicracis  Say,  Eysius  Califor- 
nicus  Staal,  Ophthalmicus  pic eus  Say ,  Fmblethis  arenarius  Linn.,  Bhy- 
parochromus  fall  ax  Say,  Plociomerus  diffusus  Filler,  from  Colorado, 
etc.,  and  describes  as  new  Lygceus  admirabilis,  Eysius  angustatus, 
Heraeus  insignis  Colorado. 

F.  Walker  (Z.  c.)  cites  Lygceus  fasciatvs  Dallas,  L.  reclivatus  Say, 
L.  trimaculatus  Dallas,  L.  lineola  Dallas,  L.  turcicus  Fab.,  L.  bicrucis 
Say,  L.  costalis  H.  Sclif.,  L.  analis  Dallas,  L.  gutta  H.  Schf.,  L.  ffavo- 
marginellus  Staal,  L.  varicolor  Dallas,  L.  alternans  H.  Schf.,  L.  unifas- 
ciatus  Fab.,  L.  elatus  Staal,  L.  truculentus  Staal,  L.  trux  Staal,  L.  rufi- 
ceps  Staal,  L.  circumlitus  Staal,  L.  rubriger  Staal,  L.  thoradcus  Staal, 
L.  vittiscutis  Staal,  L.  pallescens  Staal,  L.  pallidocinctus  Staal,  L.  brevi- 
collis  Staal,  L.  Tullus  Staal,  L.  lateralis  Staal,  L.  Poeyi  Guer.,  L. 
marginellus  Dallas,  L.  vicinus  Dallas,  L.  aulicus  Fab.,  L.  quadriguttatus 
Staal,  L.  collaris  Staal,  L.  pulchellus  Dallas,  Belonochilus  numenius 
Say,  Nysius  Calif ornicus ,  Staal,  N.  basalis  Dallas,  i\r.  scutellatus  Dallas, 
JSf.  Jamaicensis  Dallas,  N.  spurcus  Staal,  Aphanus  tripunctatus  Dallas, 

A.  nodosus  Say,  Eremocoris  Jerus  Say,  Phyparochromus  lineatus  Dallas, 

B.  basalis  Dallas,  B.  scutellatus  Dallas,  B  vicinus ,  Dallas,  B.  fraternus 
Uhler,  B.  picturatus  Uhler,  Bterotmetus  abbreviatus  Uhler,  Plociomerus 
parvulus  Dallas,  P.  bilobatus  Say,  P.  constrictus  Say,  P.  diffusus  Uhler, 
P.  piliger  Staal,  P.  litigiusus  Staal,  P.  oblongus  Staal,  Orthcea  guttata 
Dallas,  Oxycarenus  coriacipennis  Staal,  Micropus  fulvipes  Dallas,  M. 
leucopterus  Say,  Opthalmicus  griseus  Dallas,  0.  borealis  Dallas,  0.  ni- 
ger  Dallas,  O.  tristis  Staal,  O.  pallens  Staal,  0.  lividipennis  Staal,  Cymus 
Besedce  Panz.,  C.  Bohemani  Staal,  C.  Franciscanus  Staal,  Cymodema 
virescens  Fab.,  Oedancala  dorsilinea  Amyot,  Myodocha  serripes  Oliv.,  M. 
giraffa  Staal,  Mexico,  West  Indies  and  the  U.  S.,  and  describes  Ly¬ 
gceus  marginalis ,  X.  dimidiatus ,  Mexico,  L.  anticus ,  St.  Domingo  ;  Isch- 
nodemus  longus,  Mexico ;  Thaumastopus  alacris ,  N.  America. 


LARGIDJ3C. 

P.  R.  Uiiler  (Z.  c.)  notices  Largus  succinctus  Linn.,  from  Arizona, 
etc. 


PYRBHOCOEIDiE. 

F.  Walker  (Z.  c.)  reports  Dysdercus  suturellus  H.  S.,  D.  mimus  Say, 
D.  albidiventris  Staal,  D.  conciunus  Staal,  D.  flavolinibatus  Staal,  D. 
lunulatus  Uhler,  D.  andrece  Linn.,  D.  sanguinarius  Staal,  Mexico  and 
the  West  Indies,  and  describes  as  new  D.  mundus,  Mexico;  D.  Jamai¬ 
censis ,  D.fervens,  Jamaica  and  St.  Domingo. 


PHYTOCORIDJE. 

L.  Provancher  (Z.  c.)  describes  as  new  Miris  vicinus ,  M.  Belangeri, 
31.  viridis ,  Collaria  (new  genus)  MeiUeurii.  Capsus  ffavonotatus ,  C.  jla- 
vipes ,  Lygus  brunneus ,  L.  dorsalis,  L.  fuscosus,  L.  unicolor ,  Bliopalo- 
tomus  rubronotatus,  Upper  Canada. 

P.  R.  Uhler  (Z.  c.)  notes  Trigonotylus  ruficornis  Fallen,  Calocoris 
rapidus  Say,  Besthenia  insignis  Say,  Lopidea  media  Say,  Lygus  lineolaris 
Beauv.,  from  Colorado,  etc.,  and  describes  Megalocercea  debilis,  M. 
rubicunda,  Leptopterna  amoena,  Calocoris  Palmeri ,  Besthenia  confra- 


HETEROPTERA. 


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terna,  Lopidea ,  and  Hadronema  (new  genera),  II.  militaris,  Lygus 
(new  genus)  annexus,  Dakota;  D.  hesperia ,  Poeciloscytus  venaticus ,  P. 
diffusus,  Rhopalotomus  Pacificus ,  P.  brachycerus,  Labops  hesperius, 
Camptobrochis  nebulosus,  Tinicephalus  simplex ,  Plagiognathus  obscurus, 
Agalliastes  associatus,  from  Colorado,  Utah  and  Arizona. 

ARADID^E. 

P.  R.  Uhler  (Z.  c.)  notes  Aradus  rectus  Say,  Colorado. 

ANTHOCQRID^E. 

F.  Walker  (l.  c.)  notices  Anthocoris  borealis  Dallas,  Lyctocoris  cam- 
pestris ,  Triphleps  insidiosus  Say,  from  North  America. 

REDUVIDJE. 

L.  Provancher  (Z.  c.)  describes  as  new  Reduvius  albosignatus,  and 
D  trbanus  Georgian,  from  Georgia. 

O  M.  Reuter  (Z.  c.  pp.  79 — .)  describes  as  new  Eabis  crassipes,  Mexi¬ 
co:  W.  Servians,  Texas ;  JSf.  Sordidus,  Mexico;  W.  pallescens,  Penn.,  W. 
annulatus,  and  JSf.  vicarius ,  Illinois;  If.  roseipennis ,  Wisconsin;  JV. 
punctipes ,  New  Jersey;  W.  Kalmii .  Wisconsin;  A7-,  ru fuse  ulus ,  New 
York;  Metatropiphorus  Belfragei ,  Texas,  and  notices  JVabis  coleoptratus 
Kirby  and  N.  ferus  Linn.,  from  United  States. 

C.  Staal  (Z.  c.  pp  70. — )  notices  Sinea  diadema  Fab.,  Acholla  multi- 
spinosa  DeGeer,  Prinnotus  cristatus  Linn.,  Atrachelus  cinereus  Fab., 
Fitchia  nigrovittata  Staal,  Milyas  cinctus  Fab.,  Zelus  bilobus  Say,  Di- 
plodus  luridus  Staal,  P.  Benardii  hoi.,  Apiornerus  crassipes  Fab.,  A. 
spissipes  Say,  Hammatocerns  purcis  Drury,  Ectrichodia  cruciata  Say, 
Pothea  ceno-nitens  Staal,  Sirthenea  carinata  Fab.,  Basahus  biguttatus 
Say,  MelanoUstes  picip.es  H.  Schf.,  Conorhinus  variegatus  Drury,  C. 
sanguisugns  Lee.,  C\  Gerstaeckeri  Staal,  Opsicoetus  pungens  Lee.,  Cen- 
tromelus  languida  Staal,  C.  indrma  Staal,  Pygolampis  sericea  Staal,  P. 
pectoralis  Say,  Stenopoda  culiciformis  Fab.,  Narvesus  Carolinensis  Staal, 
Oncer otrachelus  acuminatns  Say,  Emesa  longipes  DeGeer,  Barce  annu- 
lipes  Staal,  Luteva  Carolina  H.  Schf.,  Reduvius  ventralis  Say,  Ploiaria 
fraterna  Say,  P.  errabunda  Say,  United  States;  also,  Sinea  coronata 
Staal,  S.  sanguisuga  Staal,  S.  raptoria  Staal,  S.  dejecta  Staal,  S.  Integra 
Staal,  Acholla  tabida  Staal,  Prionotus  depressicollis  Staal.  Ploeogaster 
acantharis  Wolff.,  Heza  pulchripes  Staal,  II  acantharis  Linn.,  II.  cla- 
vata  Guer.,  Bicolla  simillima  Staal,  Bocconota  octispina  Staal.  B.  tu- 
berculigera  Staal,  Repipta  fuscipes  Staal,  B.  nigronotala  Staal,  Castolus 
subinermis  Staal,  C.  trinotatus  Staal,  C.  plagiaticollis  Staal,  Graptoclep- 
tes  sang uineivnitris  Staal,  Notocyrtus  dromedarius  Staal.  3Ii!yas  punc¬ 
tipes  Amyot,  M.  zebra  Staal,  Zelus  longipes  Linn.,  Z.  rubidus  Serv.,  Z. 
speciosus  Burm.,  Diplodus  janus  Staal,  D.  litigiosus  Staal.  D.  ruficeps 
Staal,  D.  exsanguis  Staal,  I).  grassans  Staal,  D.  nugax  Staal,  D.  mimus 
Staal,  D.  umbratilis  Staal,  D.  ambulans  Staal,  D.  cognatus  Costa,  D.  tel- 
racanthus  Staal,  D.  phalangium  Fab.,  Apiornerus  elatus  Staal,  A.  subpi- 
ceus  Staal,  A.  mcestus  Staal,  A.  flaviventris  H.  Schf.,  A.  pictipes  H.  Schf., 
A.  Burmeisteri  Guer.,  Hammatocerns  luctuosus  Staal,  Ectrichodia  rufi- 
collis  Staal,  Basalius  albomaculatus  Mayr.,  B.  sulcicollis  Serv.,  B.  gutta- 
tipennis  Staal,  Thymbreus  crocinopterus  Staal,  Meccus  phyllosomus 
Burm.,  M.  Mexicanus  H.  Schf.,  Conoshinus  dimidiatus  Lat.,  C.  macu- 


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HOMOPTERA. 


lipennis  Steal,  C.  rubro-fasciatus  DeGeer,  Macrophthalmus  histrinnicus 
Steal,  Spiniger  limbatus  Serv.,  Leogorrus  litvra  Feb.,  L.  Venator  Steal, 
Microcleptes  bannulipes  Steal,  Nalata  setulosa  Staal,  Gnathoblecla  liti- 
giosa  Staal,  Saica  tibialis  Staal,  Bactrodes  spinulosns  Staal,  Wester- 
mannia  annnlata  Dohrn,  W.  tenerrima  Dohrn,  Ghilianella  Gerstaeckeri 
Bohrn,  G.  varicornis  Dohrn,  G.  Signoriti  Dohrn,  Cerascopus  Faire- 
mairei  Dohrn,  Lutera  macrophthalma  Dohrn,  L.  Gnndlachii  Dohrn, 
Balacus  cubensis  Dohrn,  F.  pallidus  Guer.,  Deliastes  reticulatus  Dohrn, 
Mexico  and  the  West  Indies;  and  describes  as  new  Acholla  ampliata, 
Heza  annulicormis ,  Fitchia  spinosula ,  Zelns  cervicalis,  Zelus  subim- 
pressus ,  Homalocoris  maculicollis ,  Ectrichodia  cinctirentris,  E.  crueifera , 
Basahus  thoracicus ,  Meccus  pallidipennis,  Gnathobleda  tumida,  Spila- 
lonius  geniculatus,  from  Mexico,  Texas  and  the  West  Indies. 

P.  R.  Uhler  (Z.c.)  notices  Nabis  inscriptus  Kirby,  N.  subcoleoptratus 
Kirby,  Sinea  multispinosa  DeGeer,  Fitchia  nigrovittata  Staal,  JJiplodus 
Ivridus  Staal,  Milyas  cinctus  Fab.,  IF  vega  spissipes  Say,  Melanolestes 
picipes  H.  Schf.,  M.  abclominalis  II.  Sclif.,  Stcnopoda  cinerea  Lap.,  from 
Colorado,  Kansas  and  Indian  Territory,  and  describes  Pindus  socius 
from  Idaho. 

SALDJE. 

I 

L.  Provancher  (Z.c.)  describes  as  new  Sciodopterus  Bouchervillei, 
Saida  major ,  S.  obscvra ,  S.  variecjata ,  from  Upper  Canada. 

P.  R.  Uhler  (Z.c.)  notices  Saida  inter stitiahs  Say,  and  describes  S. 
coriacea ,  from  Ogden,  Utah. 


VELIIDJE. 

P.  R.  Uhler  (Z.c.)  describes  as  new  the  genus  Macrovelia ,  with 
the  new  species  M.  Hornii,  from  New  Mexico,  California  and  Arizona. 


IIYDROMETRIDJE. 

P.  R.  Uhler  (Z.c.)  reports  Hygrotrechus  remigis  Say,  and  Limnotre- 
chas  marginatus  Say,  from  Idaho. 


KTAUCOItlDJE. 


P.  R.  Uhler  (Z.c.)  reports  Ambrysus  Signoreti  Staal,  from  Red 
Butte. 


CORISIJE. 


L.  Provancher  (Z.c.)  describes  as  new  Corisa  3-lineata,  and  C. 
2-lineata,  from  near  Quebec. 


(HOMOPTERA.) 

DELPHACID^E. 

L.  Provancher  (Z.c.)  describes  as  new  Delphax  unipunctata  and  D. 
furcata,  Upper  Canada. 


ORTHOPTERA. 


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CICADIDtE. 

W.  LeBaron  (Z.c.)  gives  an  account  of  the  Cicada  septendecim  Linn. 

L.  Provancher  (Z.c.)  reports  C.  septevdecim ,  from  Upper  Canada. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Z.c.)  reports  recent  broods  of  C.  septendecim. 

ME  MB  R  ACID  2E . 

L.  Provancher  (Z.c.)  describes  as  new  Tragopa  brunnea. 

CERCOPIDJE. 

L.  Provancher  (Z.c.)  describes  as  new  Cephalelus  Americanus , 
Ptyelus  albiceps,  Clastoptera  Saint-  Cyri,  from  Upper  Canada. 

TETTIGOWIDJE. 

L.  Provancher  (Z.c.)  describes  as  new  Tettigonia  Quebecensis,  Acop- 
sis  viridis ,  Pentliimia  picta ,  Bytlioscopus  sanguinolentus,  B.  i-punctatus, 
Pediopsis  flavescens,  Macropsis  clitellarivs,  M.  ocellatus,  Janus  auran- 
tiacus,  J.  subcupreus,  J.  mclanog aster,  J.  6-punctatus,  J.  citronellus,  J. 
nervalus,  Typhlucyta  rosea,  from  Upper  Canada. 

PSYLLID2E. 

W.  LeBaron  (Z.c.)  notices  Psylla  pyri  Linn.,  to  be  injurious  to  pear 
trees  in  Illinois. 

L.  Provancher  (Z.c.)  describes  as  new  Diraphia  virescens,  Psylla 
ochracea,  and  P.  brunnea,  from  Upper  Canada. 

APHID  JE. 

W.  LeBaron  (Z.c.)  describes  Lachnus  dentatus  as  new,  and  as  inju¬ 
rious  to  willows  in  Illinois. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Z.c.)  gives  a  detailed  account  of  Phylloxera  vitifolice 

Pitch. 

COCCIDJE. 

W.  LeBaron  (l  c.)  details  the  habits  of  Mytilaspis  salicis,  n.  sp., 
and  of  M.  conchiformis  Gmelin,  and  M.  pinifulii  Fitch,  in  Illinois. 

R.  II.  Stretch  (Proc.  Cal.  Acad.  Sci.,  iv,  262)  describes  the  struc¬ 
ture  and  habits  of  three  species  of  Coccidse. 


ORTHOPTERA. 

T.  Glover.  Illustrations  of  North  American  Entomology 
(United  States  and  Canada)  :  Orthoptera.  4to.  13  Plates. 
Washington  D.  C.  (for  the  author).  These  illustrations  are 
not  accompanied  by  any  descriptions  ;  at  the  end  of  the  work 


30 


ORTHOPTERA. 


there  are  some  notes  on  the  food  and  habits  of  Orthoptera, 
and  an  alphabetical  list  of  vegetable  and  animal  substances 
injured  by  them.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  species  are  not 
arranged  systematically,  but  this  was  not  possible  under  the 
circumstances.  The  author  includes  in  the  order  Thripidse, 
Poduridse  and  Mallophaga. 

T.  Glover.  In  the  Monthly  Reports  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  for  February,  March,  May  and  June,  October,  and 
November  and  December,  1872. 

J.  Orton  (American  Naturalist,  Vol.  vi,  Nov.,  1872,  p.  625). 

S.  H.  Sc  odder  (In  the  final  Report  of  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey  of  Nebraska,  etc.,  by  F.  V.  Hayden).  Notes 
on  the  Orthoptera  collected  by  Dr.  F.  V.  Hayden  in  Nebraska. 

This  paper  contains  descriptions  of  several  new  species,  and 
remarks  on  the  devastating  grasshoppers  of  North  America. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Amer.  Nat.,  Nov.  1872,  Vol.  vi,  p.  667) 
makes  allusions  to  an  undescribed  fossil  Orthopter. 

C.  Thomas  (In  the  Preliminary  Report  of  the  Geological 
Survey  of  Montana  etc.,  by  F.  V.  Hayden).  Notes  on  the 
Saltatorial  Orthoptera  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  Regions.  This 
paper  contains  the  descriptions  of  several  new  species ;  also 
the  outline  of  a  proposed  arrangement  of  the  subdivisions  of 
Acriclidce. 

C.  Thomas  (Canadian  Entomologist,  iv,  p.  16). 

F.  Walker.  Catalogue  of  the  specimens  of  Dermaptera 
Saltatoria  in  the  Collection  of  the  British  Museum.  8vo.  Parts 
iv,  v,  pp.  605-850:  Supplement  to  the  Catalogue  of  Blat- 
tarise,  pp.  1-43  :  Supplement  to  the  Catalogue  of  Dermaptera 
Saltatoria  pp.  1-116.  The  date  in  the  title  page  of  pt.  v  (of 
some  copies,  perhaps  all)  is  wrong,  being  1870  when  it  should 
be  1871  as  is  shown  by  the  preface  on  the  next  page.  These 
parts  complete  this  Catalogue  of  one  of  the  most  important 
collections  of  Orthoptera  in  the  world.  It  is  to  be  regretted 
that  the  work  has  not  been  performed  with  more  care,  the  gen- 

i 

eric  and  specific  descriptions  being  in  numerous  instances  of 
very  little  value.  In  some  instances  genera  are  introduced  in 
the  synoptical  tables  which  are  omitted  in  the  descriptive  por- 


ORTHOPTERA. 


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tion  of  the  work.  The  fifth  part  in  addition  to  the  supple¬ 
ments  contains  a  notice  of  the  geographical  distribution  of  the 
genera ;  and  remarks  on  the  arrangement  of  the  families. 

gryllid^e. 

E.  Walker  (Suppl.  to  Cat.  Dermap.  Salt.)  describes  as  new  Gryllus 
clebilis,  Nicaragua;  Platydactylus  diversus  and  P.  lituratus ,  Nicaragua; 
and  describes  a  species  from  Brazil  which  he  refers  to  Pilurgis  teres. 

T.  Glover  (Ill.  N.  A.  Ent.  Orth.)  figures  the  following  species: 
Tridactylus  terminalis ,  Gryllotalpa  longipennis ,  G.  borealis ,  Gryllus  luc- 
tuosus,  G.  Pensylvanicus,  G.  neglectus,  G.  abbreviatus ;  Nemobius 
vittatus ,  N.  fasciatus,  N.  eociguus ;  Orocharis  saltator;  Phyllopalpus 
pulchellus ;  (Ecanthus  niveus.  (E.  bipnnctatus. 

C.  Thomas  (Geol.  Surv.  Mont.)  gives  localities  in  the  West  where 
Gryllus  abbreviatus ,  G.  luctuosus  and  CE.  niveus  are  found. 

S.  II.  Scudder  (Geol.  Surv.  Neb.)  mentions  Gryllus  neglectus ,  G. 
personatus ,  Aemobius  vittatus ,  and  ( Ecanthus  niveus. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Am.  Nat.,  Nov.,  1872,  667)  mentions  a  fossil  Orthop- 
ter,  “probably  of  the  genus  Nemobius,”  Wyoming  Territory. 


LOCTJSTIDJE. 

F.  Walker  (Suppl.  to  Cat.  Dermap.  Salt.)  describes  as  new  the  fol¬ 
lowing  genera  and  species:  Aganacris  (n  gen.)  micans ,  Amazon  Re¬ 
gion;  Valna  nigropicta,  Para ;  Microcentrum  vividum,  Orizaba;  Phyllop- 
tera  intacta ,  Nicaragua;  Meroncidius  vittifrons  (n.  gen.),  Nicaragua; 
Anonistus  obliterans ,  Brazil ;  Clisis  (n.  gen.)  annulicornis,  Brazil ;  Acan- 
thodiphrus  (ll.  gen.)  conspersus,  Nicaragua. 

C.  Thomas  (Geol.  Surv.  Montana)  describes  as  new,  Stenopelmatus 
fasciatus ,  Wyoming;  Ceuthophilus  pallidus ,  Colorado;  C.  castaneus , 
California,  C.  pacificus,  California,  C.  bilobatus,  California;  Anabrus 
Coloradus ,  Colorado  ;  Thamnotrizon  scabricollis ,  Montana ;  Decticus 
pallidipalpus ,  Utah  and  Idaho;  Locusta  fuliginosa,  Arizona;  L.  occiden¬ 
talism  California.  Copiopliora  mucronata  is  also  described;  the  position 
and  characters  of  the  genus  Anabrus  discussed  and  the  author’s  for¬ 
mer  emendation  corrected;  he  restores  Thamnotrizon  purpura scens 
Thos .—Anabrus  purp.  Uhler,  to  this  genus,  and  removes  A.  Halde- 
mannii ,  A.  minutus ,  and  A.  Stevensoni  therefrom,  referring  them,  with 
doubt,  to  Pterolepis  Fisch.  (not  Serv.)  ;  refers  Thamnotrizon  triline- 
atus  to  Decticus  (?).  Gives  localities  of  TJdeopsylla  robusta  and  Ephip- 
pitytha  gracilipes. 

C.  Thomas  (Can.  Ent.  iv,  p.  14)  describes  as  new  Copiopliora  mu¬ 
cronata ,  found  in  the  greenhouse  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture. 

S.  II.  Scudder  (Geol.  Surv.  Neb.)  mentions  Ceuthophilus  gracilipes ; 
TJdeopsylla  robusta ,  and  describes  as  new  Xiphidium  saltans;  Cono- 
ceplialus  attenuatus  and  Anabrus  similis. 

T.  Glover  (Ill.  N.  A.  Ent.  Orth.)  figures  the  following  species  :  Sten¬ 
opelmatus  talpa  (?),  St.  fasciatus ;  Hadencecus  subterraneus ;  Leuthophi- 
lus  maculatus,  C.  lapidicola ,  C.  Uhleri;  TJdeopsylla  robusta;  Daihina 
brevipes ;  Camptonotus  Scudderi;  Anabrus  (Pterolepis)  Haldemannii, 
A.  simplex;  Pterolepis  (Anabrus)  minutus;  Thamnotrizon  (Decticus) 
trilineatus,  Th.  dorsale,  Th.  scabricollis ;  Decticus  pallidipalpus ;  Orch- 


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ORTHOPTERA. 


elimum  vulgare  (=agilis) ;  Xiphidium  fasciatum,  X.  brevipennis  ;  Lo- 
custa  fuliginosa,  L.  Occident al is ;  Conocephalus  ensiger ;  Copiophora 
mucronata ;  Phaneroptera  curvicauda ,  P/i.  Coloradensis ;  Ephippitytha 
grocilipes  ;  Phylloptera  oblongifolia ;  Microcentrum  retinervis. 

T.  Glover  (Monthly  Repts.  Dpt.  Agr.)  wingless  grasshopper  or 
“cricket”  of  Utah  (Anabrus  simplex ) — Feb.;  Notes  on  Copiophora 
mucronata  (May  and  June). 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Am.  Nat.,  Nov.,  1872,  667)  speaks  of  a  fossil  Lo- 
custarian  about  as  large  as  our  common  Phylloptera,  found  in  Wyo¬ 
ming  Terr. 

ACRIDIDJE. 

F.  Walker  (Cat.  Dermap.  Salt. —  pt.  iv)  describes  as  new  the  fol¬ 
lowing  North  American  species  and  genera.  Cyrtacanthacris  concolor, 
Mexico;  C.  simulatrix,  St.  Domingo  ;  C.  unilineata,  Indiana;  C.  diver- 
sifera,  N.  America;  Acridium  proprium ,  Oajaca;  Calacris  (n.  gen  ) 
pudica,  Mexico;  Chromacris  (n.  gen.)  in  which  he  places  Acridium 
coloratum  Serv. ;  Stenacris  (n.  gen.)  chlorizans ,  Florida;  Caloptenus 
repletus ,  U.  States;  C.  bilituratus ,  Vancouver’s  Island;  C.  fasciatus,  St. 
Martin’s  Falls,  Hudson’s  Bay;  C.  scriptus ,  Vancouver’s  Island;  C. 
extremus  and  C.  arcticus ,  Arctic  America;  C.  selectus ,  Oajaca;  C.  Mex- 
icanus ,  Orizaba;  CEdipoda  parviceps ,  W.  coast  of  N.  America;  CE. 
transtrigata,  Oajaca;  (E.  aurifera ,  St.  Jago;  (E.  speciosa,  Honduras; 
Stenobothrus  subconspersus,  Florida;  S.  Mexicanus,  Oajaca;  S.  decisus, 
St.  Domingo;  Oxycoryphus  tibialis ,  Oajaca. 

(Pt.  v)  Choriphyllum  plagiatum ,  Jamaica. 

(Suppl.)  Opomala  stenobothroides,  Nicaragua;  CEdipoda  tentatrix , 
Oajaca;  Epicromia  collecta,  St.  Jago. 

These  volumes  also  contain  descriptions  of  a  number  of  new  S. 
American  species  and  genera 

C.  Thomas  (Geol.  Surv.  Montana)  describes  as  new  Acridium  am- 
biguum,  Illinois,  etc. ;  A.  frontalis ,  Kansas  ;  Caloptenus  viridis,  Colorado 
and  Kansas;  C.  Turnbullii,  Wyoming;  C.  occidentalism  Wyoming;  C. 
griseus ,  Ohio;  PezotHtix  obesa,  Montana;  P.  Nebrascensis ,  Nebraska; 
CEdipoda  undulata ,  Colorado,  etc.;  (E.  Flaydenii,  Wyoming;  (E.  para- 
doxa,  Utah;  (E.  (/ma'b's,  Colorado ;  CE.  Wyomingiana.  Wyoming;  (E. 
Kiowa .  Colorado;  CE •  Montana ,  Montana;  CE.  longipennis ,  Kansas; 
Stenobothrus  bicolor ,  Colorado;  Oxycoryphus  obscurus ,  Wyoming. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Geol.  Surv.  Neb.)  describes  as  new  Stenobothrus 
gracilis;  Acridium  emarginatum ;  P^zotettix  speciosa;  CEdipoda  collaris ; 
CE.  tenebrosa  ;  CE.  Haldemannii ,  all  from  Nebraska.  He  also  mentions 
the  following  as  found  in  that  state,  Opsomala  (Opomala)  biviltata  ; 
Brachypeplus  magnus ;  Caloptenus  femur-rubrum  ;  C.  spretus ;  C.bivit- 
tatus ;  CEdipoda  trifasciata ;  CE.  Carolina;  adds  lengthy  remarks  on 
the  destructive  species,  C.  femur-rubrum ,  C.  spretus  and  CEdipoda 
atrox. 

T.  Glover  (Ill.  N.  Am.  Ent.  Orth.)  figures  the  following  species, 
Opomala  bivittata ;  Me  sops  Wyomingensis ;  Bomalea  centurio  ;  Acridium 
Americanum ;  A.  rubiginosum,  A.  obseurum.  A.  alutaceum,  A.  semi- 
rubrum ;  Caloptenus  bivittatus ,  C.  spretus,  C.  femur-rubrum ,  C.  occi¬ 
dentalism  C.  viridis ,  C.  Dodged,  C.  Turnbullii,  C.  griseus,  C.  differentialis ; 
Pezotettix  borealis,  P.  picta,  P.  obesa,  P.  Nebrascensis,  P.  unicolor ; 
Oxycoryphus  obscurus;  Acrolophitus  hirtipes ;  Stenobothrus  admirabilis, 
St.  maculipennis,  St.  longipennis,  St.  curtipennis ,  St.  cequalis ;  Chlod- 
altis  conspersa,  Ch.  viridis ;  Tragocephala  viridifasciata,  Tr.  infuscata ; 


NEUROPTERA. 


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Stauronotus  Elliotti ;  (Edipoda  eucerata,  discoidea,  corallipes,  Carolina , 
phcenicoptera ,  sulphurea ,  rugosa.  montana ,  cincta ,  undulata ,  maritima, 
pellucida ,  carlingiana ,  Haldemannii ,  atrox,  marmorata ,  tenebrosa ,  £ro- 
fasciata,  verruculata ,  longipennis ,  carinata ,  sordida ,  cequalis  ;  (Gryllus) 
formosus  ;*  Boopedon  flavofasciatum.  B.  nubilum ;  Brachypeplus  mag- 
nus,  Br.  mrescens ;  Tettix  ornata ,  T.  lateralis  ;  Tettigidea  polymorpha  ; 
Batrachidea  cristata ;  Phrynotettix  verruculata. 

T.  Glover  (Monthly  Repts.  Dept.  Agr.)  Jan.  Destructive  grass¬ 
hoppers  in  California,  (Edipoda  atrox ,  ancl  notices  of  Galop,  jemur- 
rubrum  and  spretus.  Nov.  and  Dec.  Injuries  by  a  large  grasshopper 
(. llomalea  microptera=centurio ) . 

PH  AS  MID  2E. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Geol.  Surv.  Neb.)  gives  the  locality  in  Nebraska 
where  Diapheromera  Velii  is  found. 

T.  Glover  (III.  N.  Am.  Ent.  Orth.)  figures  the  following  species: 
Diapheromera  femorata  ;  Anisimorplia  buprestoides. 

M  ANTID  JE. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Geol.  Surv.  Neb.)  describes  the  following  new 
species  :  Stagmatoptera  minor ,  Nebraska;  Temnopteryx  marginata ,  Ne¬ 
braska. 

T.  Glover  (Ill.  N.  Am.  Ent.  Orth.)  figures  the  following  species: 
Mantis  Carolina;  M.  Missouriensis,  and  two  undescribed  species  of 
Mantis. 


NEUROPTERA. 

E.  DeSelys  Longchamps.  Synopsis  des  Cordulines,  1871. 
(Published  also  in  Bull.  Acad.  Belgique,  1871,  pp.  238-316, 
519,  565). 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  Embryological  Studies  on  Ilexapodous 
Insects.  (3d.  Mem.  Peab.  Acad.  Sci.). 

H.  Hagen  (American  Naturalist,  vi,  388).  Mimicry  in  the 
Colors  of  Insects.  Though  certain  Coleoptera  are  referred  to, 
the  Neuroptera  (Odonata)  are  also  cited  as  the  subjects  studied 
in  the  investigation. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Amer.  Nat.,  vi,  665).  Fossil  Insects  from 
the  Rocky  Mts.  Two  Neuroptera  are  cited. 


*This  species  does  not  belong  to  the  Gryllidae,  but  is  the  type  of  a  new  genus  of 
Acrididce ,  Trapidolophus  Thomas  MS. 


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NEUROPTERA. 


R.  Me  Lachlan  (Ent.  Month.  Mag.,  London,  viii,  1871,  100). 

Bittacus  apterus  nov.  sp. 

*• 

R.  Me  Lachlan  (Linnaean  Society’s  Journal,  Zoology,  xi, 
1871,  219).  An  attempt  towards  a  systematic  classification  of 
the  family  Ascalaphidce. 

R.  Me  Lachlan  (Linn.  Soc.  Journ.,  xi,  1871,  98).  On  new 
forms,  etc.,  of  Extra  European  Trichopterous  Insects. 


LIBELLULIDCE. 

E.  De  Ski.ys  Longchamps  (Syn.  Cordulines,  1871)  monographs 
the  Cordulina  of  all  the  world,  noticing  the  characteristics  and  locali¬ 
ties  of  Cordulia  Shurtleffii  Scudder;  C.  cynosura  Say;  C.  semiaquea 
Bnrm. ;  C\  costalis  l)e  Selys  ;  C.  princeps  Hagen ;  Epitheca  obsoleta  Say ; 
E.  linearis  Hagen ;  E.  filosa  Hagen ;  E.  tenebrosa  Say ;  E.  elongata 
Scudder;  E.  Walshii  Scudder;  E.  forcipata  Scudder;  E.  septentriu- 
nalis  Hagen;  E.  albicincta  Burm. ;  Epophthalmia  tceniolata  Ramb. ; 
Macromia  cingulata  Ramb.;  M.  Pacifica  Hagen;  M.  annulata  Hagen; 
M.  Illinoiensis  Walsh  ;  M.  transversa  Say;  and  describes  as  new  Oor- 
clulia  libera ,  C.  lepida,  C.  spinigera ,  C.  basiguttata ,  C.  TJhleri ,  C.  regina, 
Epitheca  procera ,  E.  semicircularis ,  E.  Hudsonica ,  E.  cingulata ,  from 
the  United  States  and  British  North  America. 

HEMEROBIIDCE. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (3rd.  Mem.  Peab.  Acad.  Sci  ,  p.  11)  describes 
and  figures  the  embryology  of  Chrysopa  oculata  Say. 

ASCALAPHIDCE. 

R.  Me  Lachlan  (Linn.  Soc.  Journ.,  xi,  1871)  revises  the  American 
species  of  this  group  and  describes  as  new  Haploglenius  flavicornis 
De  Selys,  Cuernavaca,  Mexico  ;  Ulula  Mexicana  Mexico ;  U.  ampla  St. 
Domingo. 

PANORPID^E. 

R.  Me  Lachlan  (Ent.  Month.  Mag.  viii,  1871  (describes  as  new,  with 
a  figure,  Bittacus  apterus ,  from  California. 

PHRYGANEID^E. 

R.  Me  Lachlan  (Linn.  Soc.  Journ.,  xi,  1871)  describes  as  new  Sten- 
ophylax  gentilis.  White  Mts.  N.  H.,  8.  limbatus,  PI.  ii,  fig.  2,  Newfound¬ 
land;  Neopliylax  (geu.  nov.)  concinnus ,  PI.  ii,  fig.  3,  New  York;  Noti- 
dobia  griseola ,  PI.  ii,  fig.  4,  A.  nigricula,  PI.  ii;  fig.  5;  Nosopus  (gen. 
nov.)  podager ,  PI.  ii.  fig.  6;  Heteroplictron  Californicum,  PI.  iii,  fig.  10, 
Cal. ;  Macronema  polygrammaticum,  PI.  iii,  fig.  14,  N.  Amer. ;  Smi- 
crulia  (nov.  gen.)  fasciatella ,  PI.  iv,  fig.  19,  Texas;  Tinodes  consueta, 
PI.  iv,  fig.  22;  Agapetus  celatus ,  PI.  iv,  fig.  23,  Cal. 

He  also  discusses  the  classification  of  the  group  and  enumerates 
other  N.  American  species. 


ARACHNIDA  AND  MYRIOPODA. 


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ARACHNIDA. 

W.  LeBaron  (2d  Rep.  Ins.  Ill.).  The  Grasshopper  Parasite 
(with  a  figure). 

J.  Leidy  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Phila.,  <Jan.,  2,  138).  On  a 
Mite  in  the  ear  of  the  ox. 

E.  D.  Cope  (American  Naturalist,  vi,  406).  On  the  Wyan¬ 
dotte  Cave  and  its  fauna. 


PEDIPALPI. 

E.  D.  Cope  (Amer.  Nat.,  vi,  421)  describes  and  figures  as  new  Erebo- 
master  flctvescens  from  Wyandotte  Cave.  Ind.  and  Phrixis  longipcs  from 
Mammoth  Cave,  Ivy. 

ACARINA. 

W.  LeBaron  (2d  Rep.  Ins.  Ill.)  describes  as  new  Atoma  gryllaria 
from  Ill.;  a  parasite  on  Caloptenus femur -rubrum. 

J.  Leidy  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Pliila.,  Jan.,  2  and  138)  describes  as 
new  Gamasus  anris  found  in  the  ear  of  the  ox. 


MYRIOPODA. 

E.  D.  Cope  (American  Naturalist,  vi,  406).  On  the  Wyan¬ 
dotte  Cave  and  its  Fauna. 

CHILOGNATHA. 

E.  D.  Cope  (Amer.  Nat.,  vi,  414)  notes  the  occurrence  of  Spirostre- 
phon  cavernarum  Cope  in  Wyandotte  Cave,  Ind.  He  considers  Spiros- 
trephon  Copei  as  the  type  of  a  distinct  genus,  Scoterpes. 


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HYMENOPTERA.*  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  ...  5 

LEPIDOPTERA  (RHOPALOCERA).  By  Edwin  Burgess,  .  8 

LEPIDOPTERA  (HETEROCERA).  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  .  16 

DIPTERA,  By  Edwin  Burgess, . 23 

COLEOPTERA.  By  G.  H.  Horn,  M.  D.,  .  .  .  .  28 

HEMIPTERA.  By  P.  R.  Uhler, . 35 

ORTHOPTERA.  By  Cyrus  Thomas, . 43 

NEUROPTERA.  By  P.  R.  Uhler, . 46 

ARACHNIDA.  By  J.  H.  Emerton, . 48 

MYRIOPODA.  By  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  .....  50 


*Jn  this  and  other  groups  the  editor  has  been  materially  assisted  by  Messrs. 
F.  W.  Putnam,  Edward  Norton,  C.  V.  Riley,  and  F.  G.  Sanborn.  Also  in  recording 
species  described  in  foreign  journals  he  is  greatly  indebted  to  the  “Zoological 
Record,”  and  Dr.  Brauer’s  “Bericht.”  With  the  aid  of  these  works  he  has  beeu 
able  to  add  references  to  species  found  in  all  that  portion  of  the  American  conti¬ 
nent  north  of  and  including  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  When  the  species  were  de¬ 
scribed  previous  to  1871  the  dates  arc  given. 

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RECORD  OF  AMERICAN  ENTOMOLOGY 


FOR  THE  YEAR  1871. 


HYMENOPTERA. 

G.  J.  Bowles  (Canadian  Entomologist,  iii,  7).  Notes  on 
Nematus.  * 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  25).  Hints  to  Fruit  Growers. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  210).  Notes  on  Megachile. 

P.  S.  Sprague  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  235).  Parasite  on  Pieris  rapoe. 

F.  Walker  (Trans.  Ent.  Soc.,  London,  1869,  313).  Notes 
on  Chalcididse  and  description  of  a  new  species  of  Megastig- 
mus. 

F.  Walker.  Notes  on  Chalcidise.  (London.) 

W.  LeBaron.  First  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious  Insects 
of  the  State  of  Illinois. 

C.  V.  Riley.  Third  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious,  Bene¬ 
ficial,  and  other  Insects  of  the  State  of  Missouri. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Naturalist,  Vol.  V).  The 
Early  Stages  of  Ichneumon  Parasites,  a  review  of  Ganin’s 
embryology  of  Platygaster,  Polynema,  Teleas,  and  Ophioneu- 
rus.  Packard  thinks  that  the  facts  discovered  by  Ganin  bear 
strongly  on  Cope  and  Hyatt’s  theory  of  “acceleration  and 
retardation,”  and  considers  that  the  ancestry  of  the  insects 
should  be  traced  directly  to  the  worms  and  not  the  Crustacea. 

A.  *S.  Packard,  Jr.  First  Annual  Report  on  the  Injurious 
and  Beneficial  Insects  of  Massachusetts.  * 

Charles  A.  Blake  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  pp.  217-263). 
Synopsis  of  the  Mutillidm  of  North  America. 


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Gustav  Mayr  (Verh.  Zool.  bot.  Ges.,  Vienna,  Dec.,  1870). 
Describes  twenty-six  new  species  of  North  American  Ants. 

Henri  de  Saussure  (Rev.  et  Mag.  Zool.,  Paris).  Describes 
twenty-six  new  species  of  North  American  Solitary  Wasps. 

A.  E.  Holmgren  (Kongl.  Svenska  Fregatten  Eugenies  Resa 
omkring  Jorden.  Zoologi ;  1.  Insecta  Hym.,  pp.  391-442. 
Stockholm,  1868)  gives  descriptions  of  several  new  species  of 
North  American  Hymenoptera. 

E.  Taschenberg  (Giebel’s  Zeitschrift  f.  gesammt.  Natur- 
wissenschaften,  Bd.,  34,  p.  407,  1869).  Die  Sphegiden  des  Zoo- 
logischen  Museums  der  Universitat  in  Halle.  In  this  paper 
several  American  species  are  described  as  new. 

APIDJE. 

E.  H.  T.  (Amer.  Nat.  iv,  689)  has  observed  that  Bombi  enter  the 
corolla  of  Salvia  and  fertilize  the  flower. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  210)  notices  (with  a  figure)  the  habit  of 
Megachile  brevis  Say,  in  making  its  cells  by  rolling  up  the  leaves  of  a 
tree. 

VESPIDJE. 

Henri  de  Saussure  (Rev.  et  Mag.  de  Zool.  Paris,  1871)  describes 
as  new  Odynerus  ( Symmorphus )  debilis,  0.  Walshianus,  N.  Am. ;  Ancio- 
trocerus  conspicuus,  Mex. ;  Odynerus  Californicus ,  Cal. ;  0.  Cordovce, 
Mex. ;  0.  scutellaris ,  Cal. ;  0.  bidens,  Fla. ;  0.  arvensis,  0.  annectens , 

N.  Am. ;  O.  formosus,  Mex. ;  0.  turpis ,  0.  molestus ,  0.  pratensis ,  0. 
collega,  N.  Am. ;  0.  cluniculus,  0.  propinquus,  Mex. ;  0.  Xantliianus , 

O.  blandus,  Cal. ;  0.  Kennicottianus ,  N.  Am. ;  0.  Texensis,  Tex. ;  0. 
Nortonianus ,  N.  Am. ;  0.  coyotus,  0.  zendalus,  0.  Nahuus ,  0.  Olmecus , 
Mex.;  0.  dilectus,  N.  Am.;  Pterochilus  Aztecus,  Ft.  Mexicanus,  Mex., 
and  Alastor  Mexicanus  from  Mex. 

A.  E. ‘Holmgren  (Eugenies  Resa,  1868)  describes  on  p.  439  as  new, 
Polistes  Panamensis  from  Panama;  p.  440,  Polybia  Saussurei  from  Cal. 
and  Puna. 

SPHEGIDJE. 

E.  Taschenberg  (Zeitschrift  ges.  Naturw.,  1869)  describes  as  new 
Sphex  Mexicana  from  Mex.  and  Ammophila  anomala  from  Illinois. 

POMPILIDiE. 

E.  Taschenberg  (Zeitschrift  ges.  naturw.,  1869)  describes  as  new 
Pompilus  brevicornis,  P.  Mexicanus ,  and  Salius  tomentosus  from  Mex. 


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MU  TILLID  2E . 

Chas.  A.  Blake  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  Feb.,  1871,  p.  217)  describes 
as  new  Psammotherma  Ajax,  Fla. ;  Mutilla  Briaxus,  Pa. ;  M.  Grotei, 
Col. ;  M.  Oajaca,  Mex. ;  M.  Promethea,  La. ;  31.  Sayi ,  Tex. ;  31.  Leona, 
M.  Cinaloa,  M.  Yucatana,  Mex. ;  M.  Copano,  M.  scceva,  31.  auripilis, 
31.  Gorgon,  M.  Helaya,  M.  Comanche,  Tex. ;  M.  coccineo-hirta,  Cal. ; 
M.  Sumichrasti,  Mex. ;  M.  Hector,  M.  Castor ,  Kansas ;  M.  Bexar,  M. 
Waco,  Tex. ;  M.  apicalata,  Mex. ;  M.  canella,  M.  macilenta,  Tex. ;  M. 
obscura,  Mass. ;  M.  Azteca,  Mex. ;  M.  melanosoma,  Pan. ;  M.  trisig- 
nata,  Fla. ;  M.  Cressoni,  M.  Nortoni ,  M.  Toluca,  M.  Ariadne,  M.  for- 
mosa,  M.  balopilus,  M.  Altimice,  M.  Xalisco,  Mex. ;  M.  Floridana,  Fla. ; 
M.  Tolteca ,  Mex. ;  M.  Cypris ,  Ga. ;  M.  mutata,  M.  sccevola,  M.  balteola , 
Atlantic  States;  M.  Oceola,  Fla.;  M.  Sanborni,  Mass.;  M.  flavida, 
Tex. ;  M.  laticeps,  M.  Xalapa,  M.  Hapoteca,  Mex. ;  M.  Gila,  Tex. ;  M. 
Bobinsoni,  M.  Lerma,  M.  bisigncita,  M.  gothica,  M.  Izucar ,  M.  Chiapa, 
M.  petricola,  31.  auripes,  31.  minutissima,  31.  psammadroma,  Mex. ;  31. 
Canadensis,  Can. ;  31  Brazoria,  Tex. ;  Agama  mendica,  Nev. ;  A.  impe- 
rialis,  Tex. ;  A.  Nokomia,  Ariz. ;  A.  Danaus,  A.  melicausa,  A.  Tapajos, 
Tex. ;  A.  triangularis,  Nev. ;  A.  pallida,  A.  hyalina ,  A.  Belfragei,  Tex. ; 
A.  Alcanor,  Ariz. 

FORMICID  J33 . 

Gustav  Mayr  (Verh.  Zool.  bot.  Ges.,  Vienna,  Dec.  7, 1870)  describes 
as  new  Camponotus  vicinus,  U.  S. ;  Prenolepis  parvula,  N.  Y. ;  Polyer- 
gus  lucidus,  Conn. ;  (with  Formica  Schaufussi  as  slaves  in  their  nest)  ; 
Hypoclinea  plagiata,  Ill. ;  Liometopum  apiculatum,  Platythyrea  incon- 
spicua,  P.  pruinosa,  Guamptogenys  concentrica,  G.  regularis,  Lobopelta 
31exicana,  Cheliomyrmex  Nortoni,  Mex. ;  Eciton  Californicum,  Cal. ; 
Pheidole  inermis ,  P.  BilimeJci,  P.  tirsus,  Mex. ;  P.  Californica,  Cal. ; 
P.  striaticeps,  P.  picea,  Mex. ;  P.  bicarinata ,  Ill. ;  Cremastog aster  opaca, 
C.  Sumichrasti,  C.  formosa,  C.  corvina,  C.  atra,  Mex. ;  C.  Iceviuscula,  C. 
cldra,  Fort  Cobb,  Tex. :  C.  minutissima,  Tex. ;  and  others  from  South 
America.  0 

ICHWEUMONIDAE. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Rep.  Nox.  Ins.  Mo.,  24)  describes  the  habits  of  Sigal- 
phus  curculionis  Fitch,  with  figures  of  the  different  stages,  and  de¬ 
scribes  as  new  Porizon  conotracheli,  both  parasites  of  Conotrachelus 
nenuphar  Herbst;  on  p.  158  31icrogaster  limenitidos  n.  sp.,  a  parasite 
of  L.  Disippus  God. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Amer.  Nat.,  v.  788)  notices  the  occurrence  of 
hymenopterous  larvae  in  an  adult  beetle  (^Pimelia)  in  Egypt. 

A.  E.  Holmgren  (Eugenies  Resa,  1868)  describes  as  new  Ichneu* 
mon  astutus ;  on  p.  401  Hemiteles  gastricus ;  p.'418  Sagarites  Califor- 


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nica  ;  p.  405  Pimpla  transgressa,  Bassus  maculifrons ,  Limneria  hospita , 
and  Saprotichus  (n.  gen.)  vitticollis  from  Cal. 

PROCTOTRYPIDJE. 

A.  E.  Holmgren  (Eugenies  Resa,  1868)  describes  on  p.  434  as  new 
Proctotrupes  Californica  from  Cal. 

CHALCIDIDJE. 

F.  Walker  (Trans.  Ent.  Soc.,  London,  1869,  p.  313)  describes 
3Iegastigmns  albifrons  n.  sp.,  from  California. 

F.  Walker  (Notes,  etc.,  47)  describes  Chalcis  pubescens  n.  sp.,  and 
Smicra  pompiloides  n.  sp.  from  Mexico. 

W.  LeBaron  (Rep.  Nox.  Ins.,  Ill.,  32)  describes  Aphelinus  mytilas- 
pis  n.  sp.,  destructive  to  Mytilaspis  conchiformis. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Rep.  Nox.  Ins.  Mo.,  157)  provisionally  describes  as 
new  Trichogramma ?  minuta ,  an  egg-parasite  of  Limenitis  Disippus 
God.  (It  differs  from  Tricliogramma  in  having  only  5-jointed  anten¬ 
nae,  and  Mr.  Riley  has  since  given  it  the  MS.  name  of  Pentarthron 
minutum .) 

P.  S.  Sprague  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  235)  notes  the  discovery  of  the  para¬ 
sitism  of  Pteromalus  puparum  (Linn.)  on  Pieris  rcipce. 

J.  A.  Lintner  (Amer.  Nat.,  v.  725)  notices  the  parasitism  of  Ptero¬ 
malus  puparum  Linn,  on  Pieris  rapae  Schrank,  in  New  York. 

A.  E.  Holmgren  (Eugenies  Resa,  1869)  describes  as  new  Brachy- 
meria  Panamensis,  from  Panama. 

TENTHREDINID^E. 

G.  J.  Bowles  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  7)  notes  the  habits  of  Nematus  ventri- 
cosus  Klug. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  25)  notices  the  habits  of  the  same. 

W.  LeBaron  (Rep.  Nox.  Ins.  Ill.,  79)  gives  an  account  of  the  habits 
of  Selandria  rosce  Harris. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (R^p.  Inj.  Ins.  Mass.,  p.  6)  notices  the  habits  of 
Nematus  ventricosus  Klug,  and  Pristiphora  grossularice  Walsh. 


LEPIDOPTERA  RHOPALOCERA. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  p.  81)  gives  a  list  of  seven¬ 
teen  butterflies  taken  on  the  borders  of  Lakes  Huron  and 
Superior. 


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W.  H.  Edwards  (Butterflies  of  N.  A.,  parts  8  and  9).  The 
following  species  have  been  figured  and  described  in  this  mag¬ 
nificent  work,  during  the  year  1871  :  —  Neophasia  menapia- 
(==  Pieris  tau ),  Pieris  Beckerii,  n.  sp.,  P.  vernalis ,  P.  Virgin- 
iensis ,  Argynnis  Nevadensis ,  Grapta  comma ,  G.  dryas ,  G.  in¬ 
terrogationis  vars.  umbrosa  and  Fabricii ,  Papilio  Ajax  vars. 
Walshii,  Telamonides  and  Marcellus. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  Yol.  iii,  pp.  189- 
196),  describes  fourteen  new  species.  • 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  p.  70,  162).  Rearing  but¬ 
terflies  from  the  egg.  This  article  contains  an  account  of 
experiments  in  raising  the  varieties  of  Papilio  Ajax  and 
Grapta  interrogationis. 

W.  F.  Kirby.  A  Synonymic  Catalogue  of  Diurnal  Lepidop- 
tera.  London.  Van  Voorst.  This  work  is  indispensable  to 
Lepidopterists,  being  a  complete  catalogue  of  described  but¬ 
terflies  of  the  whole  world. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  p.  165).  On  Thecla  inorata 
G.  and  R.,  and  T.  falacer  Godt.  This  paper  criticizes  Mr. 
Scudder’s  article  “On  the  Synonymy  of  Thecla  calanus” 
(Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.),  and  gives  Mr.  Grote’s  views  of 
the  true  synonymy  of  these  species. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  p.  101),  gives  a  list  of  Lepidoptera 
taken  near  Demopolis,  Ala.,  and  describes  Thecla  Doliclios  Hiibn. 

J.  A.  Lintner  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  p.  197).  On 
Grapta  interrogationis  and  G.  Fabricii  of  Edwards.  In  this 
paper  exception  is  taken  to  Mr.  Edwards’  remarks  on  these 
forms.  Mr.  Lintner  gives  anew  his  reasons  for  applying  the 
name  interrogationis  to  the  red  winged,  and  umbrosa  to  the 
dark  winged  forms. 

H.  W.  Parker  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  p.  51),  describes  the  male  of 
Hesperia  conspicua  Edw.  taken  in  Iowa,  July  4. 

H.  W.  Parker  (Can,  Ent.,  iii,  p.  112).  The  Nisoniades 
Butterflies.  This  paper  contains  brief  descriptions  of  the 
markings  of  several  species  of  this  genus.  Mr.  Parker  doubts 
the  distinctness  of  N.  Horatius  and  Virgilius ,  and  also  of 
Ennius  and  Juvenalis. 


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E.  R.  Reed  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  p.  95),  continues  his  accentuated 
list  of  Canadian  Lepidoptera. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  p.  52).  How  to  distinguish 
between  Limenitis  Disippus  Godt.  and  L.  Ursula  Fabr.,  in  their 
preparatory  states. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Third  Report  on  the  Insects  of  Illinois,  pp. 
142-175).  The  Natural  History  of  Danais  Archippus  and  Li¬ 
menitis  Disippus.  This  is  a  good  account  of  the  life  history 
of  these  butterflies,  Containing  also  descriptions  of  their  para¬ 
sites  and  remarks  on  “Mimicry.” 

S.  H.  Scuddeh  (Entomologist’s  Monthly  Mag.  Nov.  No. 
90).  On  the  Embryonic  Larvae  of  Butterflies.  (Reprinted  in 
the  Can.  Ent.,  iv,  p.  45.)  This  article  contains  descriptions 
of  the  youngest  stages  of  the  larvae  of  Satyrus,  Hipparchia, 
Limenitis,  Grapta,  Argynnis,  Melitaea,  Lycaena,  Colias,  Pieris, 
Papilio  and  Hesperia. 

H.  B.  Moeschler  (Entomologische  Zeitung,  Stettin,  1870, 
p.  113,  251).  Beitrage  zur  Schmetterlingsfauna  von  Labrador. 
The  author  gives  synonj^mical  and  critical  remarks  on  the  but¬ 
terflies  of  Labrador,  with  a  list  of  additions  to  the  fauna  by 
Scudder  and  Packard. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Annales  de  la  Soc.  Entomologique  de 
Belgique.  T.  xii,  5,  1869)  describes  the  Lepidoptera  collected 
in  California  by  Lorquin. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Considerations  sur  les  Lepidopteres  en- 
voyes  du  Guatemala  a  M.  de  1’  Orza.  8vo.  Rennes.  1870. 
pp.  100.  Many  of  his  new  species  are  synomymes  (see  Zool. 
Record.  1870). 

A.  G.  Butler  (Cistula  Entomologica,  1.  1869,13).  Contains 
descriptions  of  new  Butterflies  from  Cuba. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Ent.  Month.  Mag.,  vi,  250,  1870).  On  new 
or  recently  described  species  of  Diurnal  Lepidoptera.  Several 
Butterflies  from  Central  America  and  Mexico  are  described 
and  figured. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  London.  525).  A  Revis¬ 
ion  of  the  species  formerly  included  in  the  Genus  Terias  (Pie 
rinse).  Treats  of  the  synonymy  of  the  American  species. 


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A.  G.  Butler  (Annals  and  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.,  282).  Descrip¬ 
tions  of  some  new  species  of  Lepidoptera,  chiefly  from  the 
collection  of  Mr.  W.  Saunders.  Contains  the  description  of  a 
new  butterfly  from  Honduras. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Lepidoptera  Exotica,  or  Descriptions  and 
Illustrations  of  Exotic  Lepidoptera.  Fts.  1,  2,  1869,  3-6, 
1870).  Contains  descriptions  of  several  Central  American 
species. 

A.  G-.  Butler  (Trans.  Ent.  Soc.,  1870,  9).  Descriptions  of 
six  new  species  of  Callidryas.  Four  of  the  species  are  from 
the  West  Indies,  Central  America  and  Mexico. 

B.  Felder  (Verhandlungen  d.  K.  K.  Zool.-Bot.  Gesell- 
schaft,  xix,  469,  1869).  Contains  descriptions  of  Central 
American  butterflies. 

W.  C.  Hewitson  (Ent.  Month.  Mag.,  vi,  68,  1860)  describes 
a  new  butterfly  from  Nicaragua. 

W.  C.  Hewitson  (Trans.  Ent.  Soc.,  London,  33,  1869)  de¬ 
scribes  a  new  butterfly  from  Nicaragua. 

NYMPHALIDJE. 

W.  H.  Edw'ards  (Butt.  N.  Amer.,  Pts.  8  and  9)  describes  and  figures 
Argynnis  Nevadensis  Edws. ;  Grapta  comma  Harr.,  G.  dryas  Edws.,  G. 
interrogationis  Fabr.,  vars.  umbrcsa  Lint.,  and  Fabricii  Edws.;  giving 
his  experiments  to  prove  the  varietal  nature  of  these  two  latter  forms. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Can.  Ent.  iii,  p.  71)  states  that  he  has  raised  both 
Grapta  interrogationis  (Edws.)  and  G.  Fabricii  (Edws.)  from  eggs  laid 
by  the  former. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Can.  Ent.  ii,  p.  162)  describes  the  larva  and  pupa 
of  Melitaca  Harrisii ,  which  were  found  by  Mr.  T.  L.  Mead,  feeding  on 
Actinomeris  heliantho^des  Nutt. ;  and  also  the  same  stages  of  Euptoieta 
Claudia. 

W.  II.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  pp.  189-193)  describes 
the  following  new  species,  Argynnis  Bischoffii,  from  Aliaska  -,/Melitcea 
Sterope ,  from  Oregon;  M.  Thekla ,  Cal.;  Eresia  punctata ,  Arizona; 
Chionobas  Stretchii,  Nevada;  Satyrus  Gabbii,  Oregon. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Can.  Ent.,  p.  52)  describes  the  differences  in  the  lar¬ 
val  and  pupal  stages  of  Limenitis  Disippus  and  L.  Ursula ,  which  are 
limited  to  the  anterior  horns  of  the  larva,  and  the  dorsal  hump  of  the 
pupa. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Third  Rep.  on  Insects  of  Ill.)  gives  the  Natural  His¬ 
tory  of  Danais  Archippus  and  Limenitis  Disippus. 


W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  p.  156)  records  Danais  Archippus 
swarming  on  the  borders  of  Lake  Erie. 

P.  S.  Sprague  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  p.  157)  records  this  butterfly  swarm¬ 
ing  also  in  New  England. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Ent.  Monthly  Mag.  No.  90,  p.  122)  describes  early 
.  larval  stages  in  the  genera  Satyrus,  Hipparchia,  Limenitis,  Grapta, 
Argynnis  and  Melitaea. 

H.  B.  Moschler  (Ent.  Zeit.  Stettin,  116)  gives  descriptions  and 
remarks  on  the  Labrador  species  of  Chionobas. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Ent.  Month.  Mag.,  vi,  1870,  250)  describes  as  new, 
with  figures,  Euptychia  Gulnare ,  from  Panama. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Ann.  Soc.  Ent.,  Belgique,  5,  1869)  describes  as 
new  Melitcea  Callina,  M.  Epula,  M.  Orsa ,  M.  Helcita ,  M.  Pola,  M. 
Sonora,  M.  Leanira,  Argynnis  Epithore,  A.  Mormonia,  A.  Egleis,  A. 
Juba ,  A  Hydaspe,  A.  Adiante,  Chionobas  Californica  and  Satyrus  oetus 
from  Cal. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Cist.  Ent.,  4,  1869)  describes  as  new  Morpho  Luna 
from  Mex.  In  Cist.  Ent.,ii,  1870,  26,  he  describes  as  new  Lymanopoda 
Issacha  and  Pedaliodes  Oaxes  from  Cuba. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Lep.  Exot.,  iii,  1870,  17)  describes  and  figures  as  new 
Taygetis  jimna  from  Panama. 

W.  C.  Hewitson  (Trans.  Ent.  Soc.,  London.  1869,  34)  describes  as 
new  Eresia  Alsina,  Eubagis  Sosthenes  and  Hcetera  polita  from  Nicara¬ 
gua. 

W.  C.  Hewitson  (Ent.  Month.  Mag.,  vi,  1870,  177)  describes  as 
new  Opsiphanes  orgetorix  from  Chontales. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Lep.  Guat.,  1870,  56-58)  describes  as  new  Pavo- 
nia  Dardanus  from  Honduras,  Guatemala,  and  Columbia,  P.  Scamander 
from  Guatemala,  Nicaragua  and  Venezuela,  and  Eriphanis  Wardii  from 
Guatemala  and  Nicaragua,  Hcetera  Heracles  Boisd.  (=  Pap.  Luna  var? 
probably  =  H.  pallida  or  H.  rubecula  Salv.  and  Godm.)  Zool.  Record 
from  Honduras,  Neonympha  metaleuca  and  Taygetis  Cecilia  from  Guat¬ 
emala. 

R.  Felder  (Verh.  K.  Iv.  Zool.  bot.  Ges.,  xix,  1869,  465)  describes 
as  new  from  Mexico,  Eresia  pall escens,  Puebla,  E.  graphica,  Huahuapan, 
E.  socia ,  E.  Archesilea,  Cordoba,  E.  obscurata,  Rio-Atajac,  Synchloe 
misera  Boisd.  in  litt.,  Huahuapan,  Myscelia  Bogenhoferi,  Huahuapan, 
Epicalia  Esite  Boisd.  in  litt v  Potrero,  Pyrrhogyra  Neis,  Atajac,  Iletero- 
chroa  Emathia ,  Nymphalis  Hedemanni,  N.  Pithyusa,  Potrero,  iV.  Calli- 
dryas,  Cordoba,  Cyl/opsis  (n.  gen.  allied  to  Taygetes)  Hedemanni , 
Potrero,  Pindis  (n.  gen.  allied  to  Taygetes)  squamistriga,  Huahuapan, 
Cuernavaca. 


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HELICONIDiE. 

W.  C.  Hewitson  (Trans.  Ent.  Soc.,  London,  33,  1869)  describes  as 
new  Heliconia  Diotrephes  from  Nicaragua. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Lep.  Guat.,  1870,  29)  describes  as  new  Heliconia 
Rosina  from  Costa  Rica  and  Mex.,  H.  Euryus  from  Guat.,  H.  Thetis 
fromNic.,  Ithomia  Jizella  and  1.  depauperata  from  Guat. 

LYCiENIDJE. 

G.  J.  Bowles  (Can.  Ent.,  p.  179)  reports  the  capture  of  Polyomma- 
tns  Porsenna  for  the  first  time  in  the  neighborhood  of  Quebec. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  pp.  193-194)  describes  as 
new,  Thecla  Dryope ,  Cal. ;  Lyccena  Mintha ,  Nevada,  and  L.  Fulla,  Cal. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.  iii,  p.  101)  describes  Theda  Dolichos  Hiibn. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.  ii,  p.  165)  gives  the  synonymy  of  Thecla  ino- 
rata  G.  and  R.  and  T.  Falacer  Godt. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Ent.  Monthly  Mag.  No.  90,  p.  122)  describes  early 
larval  states  in  Lycasna. 

H.  B.  Moschler  (Ent.  Zeit.  Stettin,  144)  gives  a  description  of 
Polyommatus  Epixantlie  Bd.  and  Lee.,  from  Labrador. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Ann.  Soc.  Ent.  Belgique,  1869,  43)  describes  as 
new  Theda  Borus,  T.  Nelsoni,  Polyommatus  nivalis ,  P.  Zeros ,  Lyccena 
regia ,  L.  lupini,  L.  nivium,  L.  Philemon ,  L.  rufescens,  L.  erymus,  L.  * 
Polyphemus ,  L.  Erius,  L.  Nestor,  L.  Phileros,  L.  Rhcea,  and  L.  Suasa, 
from  Cal. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Lep.  Guat.,  1870,  13)  describes  as  new  Eumenia 
Godartii  “  (=  Toxsea  Godt.”  Zool.  Rec.)  from  Guatemala,  and  E.  Tox- 
ana ,  Theda  gauna  from  Costa  Rica,  Lyccena  cassioides  “  (=  Pol.  Piri- 
thous  Godt.  nec  Linn.”  Zool.  Rec.)  from  Honduras  and  Mexico,  L.  cas- 
sidula  from  Honduras,  L.  nyagora  and  L.  gozora  from  Honduras  qnd 
Mexico. 

PAPILIONIDiE. 

C.  J.  Bowles  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  p.  179),  records  the  capture  of  P. 
Asterias  for  the  4irst  time  at  Quebec. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Butt.  N.  Amer.,  Rt.  8)  figures  and  describes  Neo- 
phasia  menapia  Felder  (=  Pieris  tau  Scudd.)  ;  Pieris  Bedcerii  n.  sp., 

P.  vernalis  Edws.  and  P.  Virginiensis  Edws. ;  also,  in  Part  9,  three 
varieties  of  Papilio  Ajax  Linn.  vif.  : — Walshii  Edws.,  Telamonides 
Feld,  and  Marcellus  Boisd.,  giving  also  his  experiments  in  breeding  to 
prove  that  these  forms  are  only  varietal. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Can.  Ent.  ii,  p.  162,  and  iii,  p.  70).  Experiments 
in  raising  Pap.  Ajax  and  its  varieties.  From  one  batch  of  one  hun¬ 
dred  and  twenty-five  eggs  he  has  raised  fifty- eight  Marcellus,  one 
Walshii  and  one  Telamonides. 


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9 


W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  p.  189)  describes  Pieris 
Calyce  n.  sp.,  from  Nevada. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Can.  Ent.,  ii,  p.  179)  surmises,  from  the  results  of 
breeding,  that  at  least  two  species  pass  under  the  name  of  Colias 
Philodice. 

J.  M.  Jones  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  p.  37)  records  Pieris  rapee  abundant 
about  Halifax,  N.  S.,  in  June,  1871. 

H.  W.  Parker  (Amer.  Nat.  iv,  p.  761)  records  the  capture  of  Calli- 
dryas  Eubule  at  New  Bedford  in  the  summer  of  1870. 

S.  I.  Smith  (ibid.)  reports  the  same  butterfly  at  Eire  Island,  near 
Long  Island,  N.  Y. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Ent.  Monthly  Mag.,  No.  90,  p.  122)  despribes  the 
young  stages  of  the  larvae  in  the  genera  Papilio,  Pieris  and  Colias. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Ann.  Ent.  Soc.,  Belgique,  5,  1869)  describes  as 
new  Pieris  Ninonia,  P.  nasturtii,  P.  resedee ,  P.  iberidis,  Anthocaris  An¬ 
gelina ,  A.  ausonides  [?  =  ausonia,  see  Brauer’s  Berichte]  from  Cal. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Lep.  Guat.,  1870,  7)  describes  as  new  Papilio  Lyci- 
menes  “  (=  Iphidamus  Gray  nee  Eabr.)  from  Costa  Rica  ”  Zool.  Rec. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Trans.  Ent.  Soc.,  1870,  9)  describes  as  new  Calli- 
dryas  virgo  from  Mex.  and  N.  Grenada,  C.  Hartonia  from  Jamaica,  C. 
Editha  from  Haiti,  G.  Jada  from  Guatemala. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Cist.  Ent.,  1869,  13)  describes  as  new  Callidryas 
minuscula  from  Havana. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.,  iv,  1869,  202)  describes  as  new 
Callidryas  rorata  from  St.  Domingo. 

R.  Felder  (Yerh.  d.  K.  K.  Zool.-bot.  Ges.,  xix,  465,  1869)  describes 
as  new  Terias  ingrata  from  Potrero,  T.  Sidonia  from  Campeche,  T. 
Nelphe,  T.  celata,  and  T.  Leucilla  from  Potrero. 

\Y.  C.  Hewitson  (Ent.  Month.  Mag.,  vi,  68,  1869)  describes  as  new 
Lqptalis  Deione  from  Nicaragua. 

HESPERIID2E. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  p.  195-9)  describes  the 
following  new  species:  Syrichtus  Petricus,  from  Nevada;  Cyclopides 
Skada,  Kodiak;  Hesperia  minima ,  Texas. 

H.  W.  Parker  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  p.  51)  describes  the  nxile  of  Hesperia 
conspicua  Edws.,  from  a  specimen  taken  in  Iowa,  July  4. 

H.  W.  Parker  (Can.  Ent.,  p.  11*2)  doubts  the  distinctness  of  Nisoni- 
ades  Horatius  and  Virgilius,  and  also  of  Ennius  and  Juvenalis,  sepa¬ 
rated  by  Scudder  and  Burgess.  In  the  same  article  brief  descriptions 
of  N.  Juvenalis ,  N.  Martialis,  N.  Brizo,  N.  Horatius ,  N.  Persius,  N. 
Lucilius  and  JY.  Icelus  are  given. 

S.  H.  Scudder  ( loc .  cit.)  describes  the  early  larval  characteristics 
•  of  Hesperia. 


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A.  G.  Butler  (Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  1870,  492)  describes  as  new,  Goni- 
uris  Corydon  from  Cuba,  Eudamus  epigena  from  Mexico,  AEthilla  jariba 
from  Cuba,  and  AE.  jaira  from  West  Indies,  Phlebodes  unia  from  St. 
Domingo. 

R.  Felder  (Verh.  Iv.  Iv.  Zool.-bot.  Gesell.  xix,  18G9,  465)  describes 
as  new  from  Mexico  Ancyloxypha  simplex ,  Cordoba,  Potrero,  Leucochi- 
tonea  lugubris  Orizaba,  L.  pastor ,  Lerma,  L.  canescens ,  Potrero,  L.  pul- 
cherius,  L.  hyalophora,  L.  pulverulenta,  Orizaba,  L.  emorsa  and  L. 
funebris,  Cuernavaca,  Helias  pallida,  Jalapa. 

ERYCINIDiE. 

W.  H.  Edwards  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  iii,  pp.  195-196)  describes 
as  new,  Lemonias  Palmerii,  Utah. 

S.  H.  Scudder  (Ent.  Monthly  Mag.,  No.  60,  p.  122)  describes  the 
early  larval  characteristics  of  Lyccena. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Ann.  and  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.,  283)  describes  for  the  first 
time  Emesis  clearista  Doubld.,  MS.,  from  Honduras. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Ent.  Month.  Mag.,  vi,  1870,  252)  describes  as  new 
Nymphidium  lilina  from  Mexico. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.  1870,  v,  364)  describes  as  new 
Emesis  zela  from  Venezuela  and  Mex.,  Chanis  Libua  from  Mexico? 

A.  G.  Butler  (Cist.  Ent.,  ii,  1870,  31,  Lep.  Exot.  PI.  14,  fig.  5)  de¬ 
scribes  and  figures'  Aricoris  Jansone  from  Chontales. 

W.  C.  Hewitson  (Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  London,  1869,  35)  describes  as 
new,  Mesosemia  asa  and  Nymphidium  Onceum  from  Nicaragua. 

W.  C.  Hewitson  (Ent.  Month.  Mag.,  vii,  1870,  3;  and  with  figure  in 
Exot.  Butt.  75)  describes  as  new,  Necyria  beltiana  from  Nicaragua, 
Lymnas?  Bryaxis ,  Emesis  lacrines,  Symmachia  leena,  S.  Threissa,  S. 
cleonyma ,  Mesene  Nypete ,  Lemonias  Lasthenes,  Aricoris  Cleomedes  from 
Chontales. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Ann.  Ent.  Belgique,  1869)  proposes  Chrysobia,  as 
a  new  genus  for  Lemonias  mormonia  Felder. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Lep.  Guat.  1870, 19,  20)  describes  as  new,  Erycina 
Zinna  from  Nicaragua  and  Columbia,  E.  Erigone  from  Honduras  and 
Mexico,  Nelone  aurimma  from  Guat.,  Mesene  Hevntsonii ,  M.  simbla ,  M. 
niciades  and  31.  macularia  from  Guat.  and  Honduras,  Ilypuphylla  umbra 
from  Honduras,  and  Desmozona  ascolides  from  Guatemala. 


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LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA. 

C.  V.  Riley.  Third  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious,  Benefi¬ 
cial  and  other  Insects  of  Missouri. 

W.  LeBaron.  First  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious  Insects 
of  Illinois. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Proceedings  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist., 
xiii,  381).  Catalogue  of  the  Phalaenidae  of  California. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  First  Annual  Report  on  the  Injurious 
and  Beneficial  Insects  of  Massachusetts. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Second  and  Third  Ann.  Rep.  Peab. 
Acad.  Science,  p.  85).  List  of  Insects  collected  at  Pebas, 
Ecuador,  and  presented  by  Prof.  James  Orton. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Canadian  Entomologist,  iii,  5).  The  Plum 
Sphinx  Moth. 

G.  J.  Bowles  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  7).  Quebec  Currant  Worms; 
p.  144,  List  of  Lepidoptera  taken  at  Quebec;  p.  201,  Notes 
on  Sarnia  Columbia. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  12,  25,  66,  149).  Hints  to 
Fruit  Growers  ;  p.  14,  Entomological  Gleanings ;  p.  22,  On 
the  Larva  of  the  Peach  Borer  ;  pp.  35,  225,  Notes  on  Lepidop- 
erous  Larvae;  pp.  76,  130,  186,  193. 

V.  T.  Chambers  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  23).  A  new  species  of 
Cemiostoma ;  pp.  54,  84,  108,  127,  146,  161,  182,  205,  221, 
Microlepidoptera. 

W.  Couper  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  32,  61,  178).  Entomology,  i-iii. 

C.  J.  S.  Bethune  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  81).  Entomological  Notes 

during  a  Trip  to  Lakes  Huron  and  Superior. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  101,  124,  181,  192).  Descrip¬ 
tions  of  Lepidoptera  from  Alabama  ;  pp.  192.  Description  of  a 
species  of  Agrotis  from  Canada. 

Chas.  R.  Dodge  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  167).  Description  of  a  new 
Arctia  from  Colorado. 

F.  G.  Sanborn  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiii,  205). 
Habits  of  Callosamia  Promethea. 

H.  B.  Moeschler  (Ent.  Zeit.  Stettin,  251,  265,  364)  in  Bei- 


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trage  zur  Schmetterlingsfauna  von  Labrador,  gives  a  list  of 
Labrador  moths,  with  descriptive  and  synonymical  remarks. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Proc.  Zool.  Soc.,  London,  79).  Descriptions 
of  some  new  species  of  exotic  Lepidoptera.  Contains  a  note 
relative  to  Coloradia  Pandora  Blake. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Lep.  Exot.,  1870)  describes  several  new  Cen¬ 
tral  American  forms. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Ann.  Soc.  Ent.,  Belgique,  1869)  describes 
new  Californian  Splhngidae  and  Bombycidse. 

L.  W.  Schaufuss  ( Nunquam  Otiosus.  Die  Exotischen  Lepi¬ 
doptera  Heterocera  der  fruher  Kaden’schen  Sammlung,  1870, 
7-23).  Contains  a  few  Central  American  Sphingidae  and 
Zygaenidae. 

A.  Speyer  (Ent.  Zeitung  Stettin,  1870,  400).  Europaisch- 
amerikanischer  Verwandtschaften.  He  thinks  that  the  Lepi¬ 
doptera  of  Europe  and  America  have  had  a  common  descent, 
and  indicates  in  ancient  times  a  continental  connection  across 
the  Atlantic  ocean. 

G.  A.  W.  Herrich-Scileffer.  Die  Schmetterlinge  der 
Insel  Cuba.  Regensburg,  1870.  Contains  descriptions  of 
new  Phalaenidae. 

SPHINGID-ZE. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Rep.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  140),  figures  Deilephila  lineata 
and  two  varieties  of  its  larva. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Rep.  Peab.  Acad.,  85)  records  Philampelus 
Anchemolus  (Cram.),  Amplionyx  Duponchel  Poej^,  from  Pebas,  Peru. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Can.  Ent.  iii,  5)  gives  the  history,  with  figures,  of 
Sphinx  drupiferarum ,  Sm.-Abb. 

A.  Speyer  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Stettin,  1869,  83)  regards  the  American  Sphinx 
lineata  as  different  from  the  European  one  of  the  same  name,  which 
he  calls  S.  livornica  E. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Ann.  Ent.  Soc.  Belgique,  1869  ,  66)  describes  as 
new  Macroglossa  Thetis ,  M.  Erato  Sphinx  seqoice ,  S.  strobi,  Smerivthus 
ophthalmicus  from  Cal. 

J.  A.  Boisduva^  (Lep.  Guat.  1870,  66)  describes  as  new  Macroglossa 
corvus  from  Nicaragua,  Perigonia  caliginosa  (Feld,  ined.)  P.  ilus  from 
Honduras  and  Mex.,  Aleuron  chloroptera  (“  probably  =  Sphinx  chlor- 
optera  Perty”  Zool.  Rec.)  from  Guatemala,  Honduras  and  Para,  Ambu- 
lyx  rostralis  (Feld,  ined.)  from  Nicaragua  and  New  Grenada,  Chcero- 
campa  aristor  from  Guat.,  C.  fugax  from’Hond.  and  Mex.,  Sphinx  sesqui- 


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plex  (Feld,  ined.)  from  Guat.,  S.  merops  from  Hon.  and  Mex.,  S.  anclrom- 
edce  from  Hond.  and  Oajaca,  Anceryx  Phcebus  from  Hond.  and  Mex., 
A.  omphalce  from  Brazil  and  Nicaragua. 

L.  W.  Schaufuss  (Nunq.  Ot.  Lep.  Exot.,  1870)  describes  as  new 
Macroglossa  Cunninghami  from  Nicaragua,  Chcerocampa  curvatus  from 
Cuba.  * 

C.  V.  Riley  (Rep.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  75)  describes  and  figures 

AEgeria  polistiformis  Harr. 

G.  J.  Bowles  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  7)  notices  briefly  the  habits  of  Egeria 

tipuliformis  (Linn.) 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  22)  publishes  a  description  of  the 
habits  of  AEgeria  exitiosa  Say,  with  a  figure. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Ann.  Soc.  Ent.,  Belgique,  1869,  63)  describes  as 
new  Sesia  nomadcepennis ,  S.  chrysuUpennis ,  and  S.  bibionipennis  from 
Cal. 

ZYGJENID^E. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Rep.  Nox.  Ins  Missouri,  63)  figures  and  describes  Psy- 
chomorpha  epimenis  (Drury)  and  its  larva,  and  shows  wherein  its  larva 

t 

differs  from  those  of  Alypia  octomaculata ,  Eudryas  grata  and  E.  vnio , 
all  of  them  closely  resembling  each  other  and  feeding  on  grape-vine. 

A.  G.  Butler  (^Lep.  Exot.  vi,  1870)  describes  and  figures  as  new 
Castnia  diva  from  Choutales. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Lep.  Guat.  1870,  81)  describes  as  new  Mastigocera 
CEdippus  and  M.  clavipes  from  Guat.  and  Mex. 

BOMBYCIDJ53. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Rep.  Nox.  Ins,  Missouri,  68)  notices  and  figures  Spilo- 
soma  Virginica  (Fabr.)  in  its  different  stages;  p.  117,  Clisiocampa 
Americana  Harr,  and  C.  sylvatica  Harr. ;  p.  130,  Hyphantria  textor 
Harr. ;  p.  132,  Callimorpha  fulvicosta  Clem. 

W.  LeBaron-  (Rep.  Nox.  Ins.  Illinois,  13)  notices  the  habits  of 
Orgyia  leucostigma  (Sm.-Abb.),  Hyphantria  textor  Harr.;  p.  47,  Calli¬ 
morpha  fulvicosta  Clem. 

A.  8.  Packard,  Jr.  (Rep.  Peab.  Acad.,  85)  describes  as  new  Attacus 
Amazonia ,  and  records  Zeuzera  (Endoxyla)  xylotribus  H.  Sell,  from 
Pebas,  Peru. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  14)  gives  a  long  note  on  the  eggs  of 
Orgyia  leucostigma  (Sm.-Abb.)  On  p.  36  he  describes  the  larva  of 
Gnophria  vittata  Harr.,  and  Hyphantria  cunea  (Drur*. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  124)  describes  as  new  Pygarctia  abdom- 
inalis ,  and  gives  a  note  on  Parorgyia  leucophcea  from  Alabama. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  149)  gives  an  account  of  the  habits  of 
Platysamia  Cecropia  (Linn.)  with  figures ;  on  p.  186  he  describes  the 


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larva  of  Halesidota  maculata  Harr. ;  and  on  p.  227  that  of  Euphanessa 
mendica  (Walk.) 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Ann.  Soc.  Ent.,  Belgique,  1869,  85)  describes  as 
new  Ag arista  dipsadi ,  A.  Lorquinii,  A.  Sacramenti,  A.  Mariposa,  A. 
Grotei,  Ctenucha  corvina,  C.  Bobinsonii,  C.  Harrissii,  Callimorpha  gut¬ 
tata ,  Nemeophila  cor  spit  is,  N.  cichorii,  Chelonia  autholea,  C.  Achaia,  C. 
Doris,  C.  Nerea,  Arctia  sciurus,  Phoegoptera  cinnamomea,  P.  qucrcus, 
P.  salicis,  Lithosia  Decia,  L.  adnata,  L.  Lena,  L.  faustinula,  L.  nexa, 
Saturnia  ceanothi  (=  Euryalus  Boisd.  olim.)  Telea  eglanterina,  Bom- 
byx  pseudoneustria,  Dicranura  scolopendrina,  Clostera  incarcerata,  Glu- 
phisia  crenata,  Hepialus  hectoides  and  H.  Californicus  from  Cal. 

Ciias.  R.  Dodge  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  167)  describes  as  new  Arctia  Wil- 
liamsii  from  Colorado  Terr.,  with  a  figure. 

G.  J.  Bowles  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  201)  notices  the  occurrence  in  Canada 
of  Platysamia  Columbia  (Smith),  with  notes  on  its  habits. 

F.  G.  Sandokn  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiii,  205)  notices  the 
habits  of  Callosamia  Promethea  (Drury). 

H.  B.  Moschler  (Ent.  Zeit.  Stettin,  251)  considers  Grote’s  Eepialus 
pulclier  as  a  synonyme  of  H.  hyperboreus  Moschler,  and  thinks  it  possi¬ 
ble  that  H.  Labradoriensis  Pack,  is  the  female  of  II.  hyperboreus.  On 
p.  252  he  redescribes  Dasychira  Bossii  (Curt.)  from  four  fresh  male 
and  female  specimens.  He  also  regards  Edapteryx  bilineata  Pack,  as 
identical  with  the  European  Platypleryx  lacertinaria  Linn. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Proc.  Zool.  Soc.,  London,  83)  refers  Blake’s  Coloradia 
Pandora  to  the  genus  Dirphia  of  F.  Walker.  Butler’s  D.  venala  is  from 
Buenos  Ayres. 

H.  Landois  (Corr.  Blatt.  d.  Yer.  d.  Preuss.  Rheinlande,  3  Folgi.  6 
Yahig.,  1^69,  84).  On  a  new  (?)  American  silk  worm,  Saturnia  Cecro- 
pia  and  Cyclops. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Lep.  Guat.,  1870)  “describes  as  new  Ctenucha 
venosa  Walk.”  (Zool.  Rec.)  and  describes  as  new  Melandia  [Melan- 
chroia]  cequinoctialis  from  Guat.  and  Hond.,  Epilais  [Dioptis,  sect. 
Hyrmina]  cequatorialis  (Feld,  ined.)  from  Hond.,  Mex.,  Guat.,  E.  zetila 
from  Guat.,  E.  melda  from  Nicaragua  and  Quito,  Ditaxis  [Dioptis]  sora 
from  Guat.,  Charidea  arrogans  from  Guat.,  Hond.,  C.  hcematodes  and 
C.  eximia  from  Hond.  and  Mex.,  Ctenucha  salatis,  C.  pollinia  from 
Hond.  and  Guat.,  C.  opaca  from  Hond.,  Guat.,  Mex.,  Letocles  [Siosta] 
alcera  from  Nicaragua  and  Amazon,  L.  Decia  from  Guatemala,  Milodora 
agis  from  Nicaragua,  Tliebrone  [Pericopis]  arema  from  Nicaragua  and 
Venezuela,  T.rubrimargo  from  Hond.  and  Mex.,  Aphisaon  [Pericopis] 
salvatoris  from  Hond.  and  Guat.,  Evagra  [Dioptis]  notocliloris  from 
Hond.,  E.jalifa  from  Hond.  and  Mex.,  E.  affinis  from  Hond.  and  Guay¬ 
aquil,  Cocastra  gentilis,  C.  melanchroia  (Feld,  ined.)  from  Guat.,  Cale- 
pidos  [Esthema]  celina  from  Guat.,  C.  anacharis  from  Nicai^igua,  Che- 


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tone  [Pericopis]  lorzce ,  C.  phceba,  C.  aorsa  from  Guat.,  C.  iscariotes  from 
Honcl.  and  Guat.,  C.  Felderi  from  Nic.,  C.  heliconides  from  Guat.,  Xcin- 
tliyris  [Chrysauge]  pseudisis  from  Nic.  and  Venezuela,  X.  adunca  from 
Nic.  and  Bogota,  X.  basina  from  Guat.  and  Venezuela,  X.  osera  from 
Hond.  and  Mex.,  Pyralopsis  divisa  from  Guat.,  Betila  (Josia)  pseudena , 
B.  enoides  from  Hond.  and  Mex.,  Litliosia  cordula  from  Hond.  Mex.,  L. 
sanguineola  from  Guat.,  Mex.,  Doracis  coracina ,  from  Hond.,  Mex., 
Euchelia  jeuna  from  Guat.,  Mex.,  Dorimena  (Daretis)  magdala,  Spil- 
osoma  dilecta  from  Hond.,  Mex.,  Phcegoptera  albiguttata  from  Hond. 

A.  G.  Butler  (Cat.  Lep.  Fabr.  291,  and  Lep.  Exot.  vi,  1870,  46)  de¬ 
scribes  as  new  Pericopis  Jansonis  from  Chontales. 

NOCTUTDJE. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Rep.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  70)  gives  the  history  of  Acro¬ 
nycta  oblinita  Sm.  and  Abb.,  with  figures;  also  (p.  72)  of  Amphipyra 
pyramidoides  Guen.,  with  two  varieties,  fulvosa  and  obscura ;  p.  104, 
Heliothis  armigera  (Hiibn.);  p.  109,  Prodenia  autumnalis  Riley,  and 
describes  as  new  A.  conspersa.  On  p.  134  he  describes  as  new  Xylina 
cinerea. 

W.  LeBauon  (Rep.  Nox.  Ins.  Illinois,  52)  describes  the  larva  of 
Acronycta  superans  Guen;  on  p.  56  he  notices  the  habits  of  Amplxipyra 
pyramidoides  Guen. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Rep.  Peab.  Acad.,  87)  records  Crino  bellatrix 
(Cram.)  and  Letts  xylia  Guen?  from  Pebas,  Peru. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  35)  describes  the  larva  of  Noctua 
clandestina  (Drury) ;  on  p.  193  he  describes  the  larva  of  Agrotis  depres- 
sus  Grote,  and  on  p.  226  that  of  Acronycta  oblinita  (Sm.  Abb.) 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  192)  describes  as  new  Agrotis  depres- 
sus*  from  Canada,  allied  to  A.  clandestina. 

II.  B.  Moschler  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Stettin,  254)  adds  to  the  list  of  Labrador 
Noctuids  Agrotis  conflua  Fehr.,  an  European  species,  A.  Staudingeri 
Mosch.,  A.  Icetabilis  Zett.,  a  Finmark  species,  A.  Islandica  Stdgr.,  an 
Iceland  species,  A.  ypsilon  Hfngl.  (=  A.  suffusa  S.  W.),  an  European 
species,  and  A.  occulta  Linn.,  var.  implicata  Lefbr.,  also  European, 
and  Anarta  Zetterstedtii  Staud,  also  found  in  Norway  and  Lapland. 
He  regards  (p.  265)  Agrotis  littoralis  Pack,  as  =  Pachnobia  earned 
Thugbg. ;  Agrotis  Okakensis  Pack.  =  A.  Wockei  Mosch. ;  he  describes 
as  new  Mamestra  Bogenhoferi,  and  considers  Anarta  bicycla  Pack.f 
as  ==  A.  melaleuca  Thngb.,  and  A.  nigrolunata  Pack.  =  A.  melanopa 
Thngb. 


*By  a  typographical  error  this  species  is  published  as  repressus,  but  the  larva  is 
described  oil  the  next  page  under  the  name  of  depressus. 

t  Packard  has  previously  corrected  the  synonymy  of  this  and  the  following 
species;  see*Proceedings  Ainer.  Assoc.  Adv.  Science,  vol.  xvi,  1868,  p.  156. 


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P.  C.  Zeller  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Stettin,  177)  thinks  that  Agrotis  telifera 
Har  ris  is  identical  with  the  European  A.  ypsilon  (suffusa). 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Ann.  Soc.  Ent.,  Belgique,  1869,  88)  describes  as 
new  Brephos  Californicus  and  B.  melanis  from  Cal. 

A.  Speyer  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Stettin,  1870,  400)  describes  as  new  Cucullia 
intermedia  from  New  York. 

PHALiENIDJE. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiii,  381)  describes 
as  new  from  California,  Choerodes  nubilata ,  Heterolocha  Edwardsata , 
Ellopia  Calif or niaria,  Tetrads  trianguliferata,  Azelina  Behrensaria, 
Metanema  cervinaria ,  Boarmia  Cali  for  niaria,  Tephrosia  Calif  or  niaria, 
Tephrosia  ferruginosaria,  Addalia  5-linearia,  Addalia  granitaria,  Add- 
alia  Californiaria,  A.  Padficaria,  A.  rubromarginaria ,  Macaria  Cali- 
forniaria,  Halia  dneraria,  Tephrina  marmorata  (from  Nevada),  Pana- 
gra  flavo-fasdata,  Selidosema  Californiaria,  Eupitheda  rotundopuncta, 
E.  Nevadata  (from  Nevada)  Hypsipetes  Calif orniata,  H.  5-fasdata,  II. 
nubilofasciata,  Coremia  Californiata,  Scotosia  Californiata,  Cidaria 
nubilata ,  C.  subochreata,  C.  leoninata,  C.  rubro-suffusata  (from  Nevada), 
C.  4- punctata ,  C.  multilineata ,  Chesias  ocddentaliata,  Baptria  Califor¬ 
niata,  and  records  besides  the  species  enumerated  by  Guenee,  Azelina 
Hubneraria  Guen.  and  Coremia  propugnata  W.  Y. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  (Rep.  Inj.  Ins.  Mass.,  13)  gives  a  popular  account 
of  Abraxas  ribearia  Eitch,  and  describes  as  new  Drepanodes. junipe- 
raria  (this  is  only  a  variety  of  D.  varius  G.  and  R.),  with  figures  illus¬ 
trating  its  transformations. 

G.  J.  Bowles  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  8)  notices  the  habits  of  Abraxas  ribea¬ 
ria  Fitch,  and  gives  a  history  of  the  transformations  of  Angerona 
crocaotaria  Fabr.,  and  Ampliidasys  cognataria  Gn.,  all  of  which  feed  on 
the  currant. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  103)  describes  as  new  Addalia  persim- 
ilata  and  A.  purpurissata  from  Alabama. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  130)  describes  the  larva  of  Priocycla 
armataria  H.  Sch.,  and  on  p.  209,  that  of  Hyperetis  alienaria  H.  Sell. ; 
on  p.  225,  that  of  Stegania  pustularia  Gn.,  and  notices  the  habits  of 
Metroeampa  perlata  Gn. 

H.  B.  Moschler  (Ent.  Zeit.  Stettin,  366)  regards  Addalia  Okakaria 
Pack,  as  =  A.  frigidaria  Moscli. ;  Cidaria  nubilata  Pack.  =  Lygris 
lugubrata  Moscli. ;  Coremia  Labradoriensis  Pack.  =  O.  munitata  Hiibn. 

J.  A.  Boisduval  (Lep.  Guat.)  “redescribes  Urania  fulgens  Walk,  as 
new  ”  (Zool.  Rec.).  He  describes  as  new  Coronis  ocylus  from  Guate¬ 
mala  and  Mex. 

G.  A.  W.  Herrich- Schaeffer  (Schm.  Cuba,  1870,  185)  describes  as 
new  Choerodes  exiliata ,  Drepanodes  griseocostaria,  Apida  rectisignaria, 


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A.  heterochloriaria,  Pero  curvistrigaria,  Azelina  decisaria ,  Boarmia  ab- 
jectaria ,  B.  quadricostaria,  Geometra  croceofimbriala ,  G.  desolataria ,  G. 
centrifugaria,  G.  protractaria,  Eucrostis  albicostaria,  E.  niveociliaria , 
Zonosoma  (=  Ephyra  Dap.  =  Anisodis  Guen.)  nanularia,  Z.  occipi- 
taria,  Z.  extranearia ,  Asellodes  nigropasciaria ,  Acidalia  chionceata ,  M. 
canularia ,  A  subroseata,  A.  floccularia ,  Neclusia  fimbriata ,  Terpno- 
micta  subpusarici,  Macaria  centrosignata ,  M.  cellulata,  M.  trientata , 
Larentia  subcertaria,  L.  decertaria,  L.  subgaleata,  L.  cinguinata,  L.  aris- 
tata,  L.  artificata,  L.  baliala,  L.  balteolata  from  Cuba. 

PYRALXDiE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Rep.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  61)  describes  the  habits  and 
early  stages  of  Desmia  maculalis  Westw.,  with  figures. 

A.  R.  Grote  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  103)  describes  as  new  Botys  plumbicos- 
talis  and  B.  anticostalis  from  Alabama,  and  gives  a  list  of  other  Pyra- 
lids  from  the  same  locality  (Demopolis)  ;  on  p.  125  gives  notes  on 
other  species,  and  describes  Desmia  subdivisalis,  n.  sp. ;  on  p.  181,  Cat- 
aclysta  Bobinsonii  from  Alabama. 

H.  B.  Moschler  (Ent.  Zeit.  Stettin,  371)  regards  Scopula  glacialis 
Pack,  as  =  S.  inquinalis  Zell.,  and  Eudorea  9  frigidella  Pack,  as  =  E. 
centuriella  S.  V. 

P.  C.  Zeller  (Ent.  Zeit.  Stettin,  177)  regards  Pempelia  grossularice 
Pack,  as  =Myelois  convolutella  Hlibn.,  an  European  species. 

TORTRICIDJE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Rep.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  101)  adds  to  our  knowledge 
of  the  habits  of  Carpocapsa pomonella  Linn. 

W.  LeBaron  (Rep.  Ins.  Ill.,  20)  describes  as  new  Tortrix  malivo- 
rana ,  and  gives  an  account  of  its  habits. 

W.  Saunders  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  13)  notices  and  figures  Grapholitha 
ocnlana  Harr.;  on  p.  26  Carpocapsa  pomonella-  (Linn.) 

H.  B.  Moschler  (Ent  Zeit.  Stettin,  373)  considers  Sciaphila  niveo- 
sana  Pack,  as  a  synonyme  of  S.  osseana  Scop.,  and  Conchylis  chalcana 
Pack,  as  =  C.  Deutschiana  Zett.  He  records  Pentliina  turfosana  H.- 
Sch.  as  a  Labrador  species. 

P.  C.  Zeller  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Stettin,  117)  regards  Pentliina  vitivorana 
Pack.  =  Eudemis  botrana  S.  Y.,  and  Anchylopera  fragarioe  Walsh  = 
A.  comptana  Froel.  of  Europe. 

TINEIDJ3E. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Rep.  Inj.  Ins.  Mass.,  24)  describes  as  new  Buc- 
culatrix  thuiella,  with  figures. 

Y.  T.  Chambers  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  23)  describes  as  new  Cemiostoma 


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albella,  with  an  account  of  its  habits.  On  p.  54  he  describes  the  habits 
of  the  species  of  Lithocolletis,  and  describes  as  new  L.  tiliaciella,  L. 
Clemensella,  and  L.  caryce-albella  ;  on  p.  84  L.  virginiella ;  on  p.  108, 
L.  nonfasciella,  L.  Bethunella ,  L.  tri-tceniella ,  L.  corylisella  ;  on  p.  127, 
L.  ambrosiellci,  L.  celtifoliella ,  L.  celtisellci ;  on  p.  146,  L.  Cincinnci- 
tiella,  L.  ulmella  ;  on  p.  161  L?  ornatella ;  on  p.  182  he  gives  notes  on 
various  species;  on  p.  205  Leucantliiza?  Sctundersella,  Phyllocnistis  viti- 
foliella,  P.  ampelopsiella,  with  notes  on  the  species  of  Tischeria  ;  on  p. 
221  Laverna  c-ephalonthiella,  with  notes  on  Aspidisca  and  A.  Ella ,  n.sp. 

H.  B.  Moschlek  (Ent.  Zeit.  Stettin,  375)  considers  Gelechia  trimac- 
alella  Pack,  as  =  G.  continuella  Zell. 

PTEEOPHOEID^l. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Rep.  Nox.  Ins.  Missouri,  65)  gives  an  account  of  the 
transformations  of  Pterophorus  periscelidactylus  Fitch,  with  figures. 

P.  C.  Zeller  (Ent.  Zeit.  Stettin,  179)  refers  Pterophorus  carduidac- 
tylus  Riley  to  the  genus  Platyptilus. 


DIPTERA. 

As  usual,  very  little  has  been  written  during  the  year  1871 
concerning  American  insects  of  this  much  neglected,  and  yet 
most  interesting  group. 

G.  J.  Bo  wles  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  p.  218)  states  that  a  dipterous  • 
insect,  probably  Tryjpeta  Canadensis  Loew,  has  been  found  to 
injure  the  fruit  of  the  red  and  white  currant  in  Canada. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Nat.,  v,  p.  744)  records  the  cap¬ 
ture  of  a  species  of  Anthomyia  and  of  Phora  in  the  Mammoth 
Cave  of  Kentucky,  and  figures  the  former. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Nat.,  iv,  p.  690)  describes 
abdominal  sense  organs  in  Chrysopila. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Jour,  of  Science  and  Arts,  3d 
Series,  i,  p.  100).  On  Insects  inhabiting  Salt-water.  Descrip¬ 
tions  of  some  species  of  dipterous  insects  inhabiting  salt-water 
are  given. 

Francis  Walker  (Can.  Ent.,  iii,  p.  141)  begins  a  list  of  the 
Diptera  of  Nova  Scotia.  No  new  species  are  described. 


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H.  Loew*  (Ent.  Zeitung,  Berlin,  1869)  8te  und  9te  Cen 
turie  von  Beschreibungen  nordamerikanischer  Dipteren. 

C.  G.  Thompson  (Eugenies  Resa,  1869)  describes  several 
species  from  California. 

MYCETOPHILIDJE. 

H.  Loew  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Berlin,  1869)  describes  as  new  Ditomyia 
euzona,  Plesiastina  tristis ,  P.  lautci,  Asyndulum  coxale,  Macrocera  liir- 
suta ,  M.  clara ,  M.  inconcinna,  Platyura  divaricata,  P.  diluta,  P.  men- 
dica ,  P.  mendosa ,  P.  melasoma,  Empheria  balioptera ,  E.  didyma,  E. 
nepticula,  Polylepta  fragilis,  Sciophila  omista,  S.  obtruncata ,  S.  appen- 
diculata,  S.  biseriata,  S.  tantilla,  Lasiosoma  quadratula,  Eudicrana ,  (n. 
gen.  allied  to  Platyura)  obumbrata,  Syntemna  polyzona,  Boletina  tri- 
cincta,  Phthinia  tanypus,  Elaphyroptera  melcena,  G.  decora ,  G.  opima, 
G.  sublunata ,  G.  oblectabilis,  Leja  sororcula,  L.  abbreviata,  Acnemia 
psylla ,  Docosia  dichroa,  Bymnosia  filipes,  Trichonta  vulgaris ,  T.  fceda , 
Zygomyia  ignobilis,  Z.  ornata,  Epicypta  pulicaria ,  Mycothera  paula, 
Mycetophila,  13  species,  Sciara  sciopliila ,  S.  ochrolabis,  Trichosia  hebes 
from  N.  America. 

Van  der  Wulp  (Tijdschr.  Ent.  1869)  describes  as  new  Glaphyrop- 
tera  lateralis ,  Wisconsin. 

BIBIONIDiE. 

H.  Loew  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Berlin,  1869)  describes  as  new  Dilopus  bre- 
viceps,  from  N.  H. ;  D.  obesulus ,  District  of  Columbia;  D.  tibialis , 
Sitka;  0.  dimidiatus,  N.  York. 

Y.  der  Wulp  (Tijdsch.  Ent.,  1869)  describes  as  new  Bibio  senilis , 
from  Wisconsin. 

CHIB.OE’OMIDJE. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Jour,  of  Sci.  and  Arts,  i,  p.  100)  figures 
and  describes  tbe  larva  and  pupa  of  a  species  of  Tanypus  from  Clear 
Lake,  Lake  Co.,  Cal.  It  is  also  stated  that  Prof.  A.  E.  Verrill  dredged 
a  living  larva  of  Ghironomus  oceanicus  Pack,  from  a  depth  of  twenty 
fathoms. 

Van  der  Wulp  (Tijdschr.  Ent.,  1869)  describes  as  new  Tanypus 
futilis,  from  Wisconsin. 

CULICIDJE. 

Van  der  Wulp,  (Tijdschr.  Ent.  1869)  describes  as  new  Culex  testa- 
ceus,  from  Wisconsin. 

C.  G.  Thompson  (Eugenies  Resa,  1869)  describes  as  new  Culex  in- 
cidens ,  from  California. 


♦All  the  citations  of  species  of  Diptera  described  during  18G9  and  1870  are  taken 
from  Brauer’s  “  Berichte  ”  and  the  Zoological  Record,  as  the  works  themselves 
have  not  been  received. 


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TIPULIDJE. 

H.  Loew  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Berlin,  1869)  describes  as  new  Longurio  (n. 
gen.)  testaceus  and  I)ixa  clavata,  from  Mass. 

STRATIOMYIDAi. 

A.  S.  Packard.  Jr.  (op.  cit.,  p.  102)  describes  and  figures  the  larva 
and  pupa  of  a  species  of  Stratiomys  from  Clear  Lake,  Cal. 

H.  Loew  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Berlin,  1869)  describes  as  new  Nothomyia  (n- 
gen.)  calopus,  W.  scutellata,  Cuba;  Nemotelus  carbonarius ,  Mass. 

Van  der  Wulp  (Tijdschr.  Ent.,  1869)  describes  as  new  Oxycera 
picta  and  Sargus  marginatus ,  Wisconsin. 

XYLOPHAGIDJE. 

H.  Loew  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Berlin,  1869)  describes  as  new  Xylophagus 
l  ongicornis,  X.  rufipes  and  X.  abdominalis,  from  N.  America. 

Van  der  Wulp  (Tijdschr.  Ent.,  1869)  describes  as  new  Subula  ten- 
thredinoides,  Wisconsin. 

TABAJNTDiE. 

H.  Loew  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Berlin,  1869)  describes  as  new  Phiolina  fas- 
ciata,  P.  majuscula,  Pahgonia  rasa ,  and  Lepidoselciga,  (Lepiselaga) 
recta,  from  N.  America. 

Van  der  Wulp  (Tijdschr.  Ent.,  1869)  describes  as  new  Chrysops 
cestuans,  from  Wisconsin. 

ACROCERIDJE. 

H.  Loew  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Berlin,  1869)  describes  as  new  Oncodes  cos¬ 
tatus  and  Opsebius  sulphuripes ,  from  N.  America. 

BOMBYLIDiE. 

C.  G.  Thompson  (Eugenies  Resa,  1869)  describes  as  new  Anthrax 
nudiuscula ,  and  A.  b-punctata  from  Panama. 

H.  Loew  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Stett.,  1869)  describes  as  new  Geron  macrop- 
terus,  G.  vitripennis  and  G.  albidipennis,  Anthrax  proboscidea ,  Sonora, 
A.  pertusa,  New  Mexico,  A.  daviceps ,  Tamaulipas,  A.  ceyx,  Virginia; 
A.  fuliginosa ,  A.  diagonalis,  A.  molitor ,  A.  curta, California;  A.  pal- 
liata ,  A.  parvicornis,  A.  scrobiculata ,  A.  stenozona,  Illinois,  A.  sagata, 
Matamoras,  A.  bigradata,  A.  adusta,  Cuba,  A.  nigricauda ,  Mass.,  A. 
mucorea,  Nebraska,  Exoprosopa  gazophylax,  E.  bifurca ,  E.  Agassizii, 
California,  E.  decora ,  Wisconsin,  E.  trabalis,  Jalapa,  E.  sordida,  Mat¬ 
amoras,  E.  Cubana,  E.  nubifera ,  E.  parva,  Cuba,  Hemipenthes  semi- 
nigra ,  Saskatchewan,  Argyromoeba  delila,  California,  A.  stellans,  Ore¬ 
gon,  A.  obsoleta ,  Missouri,  A.  pauper ,  Illinois,  A.  euplanes,  Cuba,  A. 
contigua,  Virginia,  Ploas  limbata ,  New  Mexico. 


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Van  der  Wulp  (Tijdsclir.  Ent.,  1869)  describes  as  new  Mulio 
Americanus ,  Wisconsin. 

SCENOPINIDJE. 

H.  Loew  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Berlin,  1869)  describes  as  new  Scenopinus 
albidipennis,  from  Cuba. 

ASILIDJE. 

V.  der  Wulp  (Tijdsch  Ent.,  1869)  describes  as  new  Machimus  avidus 
and  Stilpnogaster  anceps,  Leptogaster  flavicornis,  Dasypogon  laticeps, 
Wisconsin.  The  same  (1870)  Stenopogon  ochraceus,  N.  Amer. 

THEREVID^E. 

H.  Loew  (Ent.  Zeit., Berlin,  1869)  describes  as  new  Therevo  comata, 
Psilocephala  longipes,  P.  melampodia,  P.  munda ,  P.  laticornis,  P.  me- 
lanoprocta ,  P.  costctlis,  P.  rufiventris ,  Psilocephala  variegata,  P.  scutel- 
laris,  P.  erythrura ,  Thereva  albiceps ,  T.  flavicincta ,  T.  gilvipes,  T.  strig- 
ipes ,  United  States. 

LEPTID2E. 

* 

Van  der  Wulp  (Tijdsclir.  Ent.,  1869)  describes  as  new  Leptis  gris- 
eola  and  Chrysopila  dispar  from  Wisconsin. 

H.  Loew  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Berlin,  1869)  describes  as  new  Ptiolina  fasci- 
ata  and  P.  majuscula ,  Hudson’s  Bay. 

EMPIDJE. 

H.  Loew  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Berlin,  1869)  describes  as  new  Empis  distans, 
Georgia ;  E.  violacea ,  E.  suavis,  Mexico  ;  E.  superha ,  Cuba. 

Van  der  Wulp  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Berlin,  1869)  describes  as  new  Syne- 

clies  punctipennis,  Wisconsin. 

DOLICHOPIDTE. 

H.  Loew  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Berlin,  1869)  describes  as  new  Asyndetus 
ammophilus ,  A.  appendiculatus ,  Hydropliorus  cestuum,  Saucropus  carbon- 
ifer,  from  N.  America. 

C.  G.  Thomson  (Eugenies  Resa,  1869)  describes  as  new  Medeterus 
breviseta,  Dolicliopus  lamellicornis,  D.  canaliculatus,  D.  metatarsalis 
and  1).  aurifer,  from  California. 

COATOPIDJE. 

C.  G.  Thompson  (Eugenies  Resa,  1868)  describes  as  new  Myopa 
conjuncta ,  California. 

MUSCIDJE. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (Third  Rep.  on  Insects  of  Illinois,  p.  150)  describes 
Tachina  ( Masicera )  archippirora  n.  sp.,  parasitic  on  Danais  Archippus. 

C.  Y.  Riley  (op.  cit.,  p,  129)  states  that  he  has  bred  Exorista  leu- 


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canice  Kirkpatrick,  from  Attacus  Cecropia,  Datana  ministra,  Agrotis 
inermis  and  two  other  species  of  Agrotidians. 

Henry  Shimer  (Amer.  Nat.,  v,  p.  217)  describes  Tachina  ( Meta - 
nophora )  diabroticce  n.  sp.,  parasitic  on  Diabrotica  vittata  Fabr.,  the 
“  Striped  cucumber  beetle.” 

Van  der  Wulp  (Tijdschr.  Ent.,  1869)  describes  as  new  Echinomyia 
hcemorrhoa,  Schineria  ruficauda ,  Baumhauria  analis,  Dexia  triangu¬ 
laris,  Aricia  cinerella,  A.  proxima,  Ccenosia  incisurata,  Anthomyia  tar - 
sata,  Cordylura  maculipennis,  Sapromyza  plumata,  Herina  metallica ,  II. 
ruficeps,  Trypeta  (Aciura)  cenea,  T.  (Tephritis)  cribrata ,  Piophila  nitida, 
Agromyza  jucunda,  from  Wisconsin. 

H.  Loew  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Berlin,  1869)  describes  as  new  Hydrophones 
cestuum,  Rhode  Island,  Gymnochceta  alcedo,  Mass.,  Pyrellia  centralis, 
Cuba,  P.  setosa,  Illinois,  Coenosia  tricincta,  Schoenomyza  chrysostoma, 
Cordylura  gracilipes,  C.  inermis,  C.  glabra,  C.  albibarba,  New  Hamp¬ 
shire,  C.  scapularis,  English  River,  C.  munda,  Hudson’s  Bay  Terri¬ 
tory,  C.  latifrons,  Middle  States,  C.  gagatina,  Canada,  C.  acuticornis , 
Hudson’s  Bay  Territory,  C.  megacephala,  ^District  Columbia,  Loxocera 
pectoralis,  Washington,  L.  pleuritica,  Conn.,  New  York,  Psila  lateralis, 
Washington,  P.  bivittata,  P.  collaris,  Conn.,  P.  dimidiata,  Red  River, 
P.  sternalis,  Middle  States,  P.  levis,  New  Hampshire,  Loxocera  collaris, 
District  Columbia,  L.  fallax,  Canada,  Chyliza  notata,  District  Colum¬ 
bia,  dlycetaulus  longipennis,  Oscinis  carbonaria,  [District  of  ?]  Colum¬ 
bia,  0.  dorsalis,  Rhode  Island,  Siphonella  reticulata,  Cuba,  Ellipo- 
neura  debilis,  [District  of  ?]  Columbia,  Bhicno&ssa  albulci,  P.  parvula, 
Rhode  Island,  Lobioptera  indecora ,  Nebraska,  L.  leucogastra,  Cuba, 
Cacoxenus  semiluteus,  Cuba,  Trigonometopus  vittatus,  Georgia,  Pliyto- 
rrwjza  nemosa ,  P.  genualis,  District  Columbia,  Leucopis  simplex,  New 
York,  Phyllomyza  nitens ,  Penn.,  Agromyza  setosa,  District  Columbia, 
A.  simplex,  Middle  States,  A.  virens,  Penn.,  A.  magnicornis,  A.  angu- 
lata,  Penn.,  A.  melampyga,  Dist.  of  Columbia,  A.  coronata,  Cuba, 
Penn.,  A.  longipennis,  A.  marginata,  [Dist.  of?]  Columbia,  A.  parvi- 
cornis,  Washington,  A.  neptis,  [Dist.  of?]  Columbia,  Hydrellia  confor- 
mis,  Scatella  mesogramma,  Rhode  Island,  Callomyia  talpula,  New 
Hampshire,  C.  tenera,  New  York. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Jour.  Science  and  Arts,  p.  103)  describes 
and  figures  the  larva  and  pupa  of  Ephydra  Calif ornica  n.  sp.,  from 
Clear  and  Mono  Lakes,  Cal. ;  and  (p.  105)  describes  the  pupa?  of  E. 

gracilis  n.  sp.,  from  Great  Salt  Lake.  The  imagos  of  these  species 

* 

are  unknown. 

C.  G.  Thompson  (Eugenies  Resa,  1868)  describes  as  new  Lopliosia 
setigera,  Echinomyia  filipalpis,  Jurinea  echinata,  Miltogramma  erythro- 
cera,  California,  M.  biseta,  Panama,  Sarcophaga  pallinervis,  Honolulu, 
California,  Lucilia  picicrus,  Panama,  L.  stigmaticalis,  Pyrellia  fron- 


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talis,  Cyrtoneura  i-setosa ,  C.  recurva,  Anihomyia  micropteryx,  A.  ochri- 
pes ,  A.  ochrogaster ,  Ochtiphila  lispina ,  Agromyza pictella,  A.  platyptera, 
California,  Ortalis  platystoma,  Panama,  Lauxania  nasalis ,  planiscuta, 
quadrisetosa,  Trypeta  acutangula,  T.  aurifera ,  T.  genalis,  T.  femoralis , 
T.  liogaster,  Sepsis  ecalcarata,  Piophila  concolor,  Hippelates  genalis, 
Epliydra  pentastigmp,  Notiphila  quadrisetosa,  Drosophila  apicata,  Helo- 
myza  limbata,  Scatophaga  thinobia ,  California,  Olfersia  sulcifrons, 
Panama. 

SYRPHXD^J. 

Van  der  Wulp  (Tijdschr.  Ent.,  1869)  describes  as  new  Syrphus  sig- 
natus  from  Wisconsin. 

H.  Loew  (Ent.  Zeit.,  Berlin,  1869)  describes  as  new  Myiolepta  vari- 
pes,  Virginia,  Orthoneura  ustulata,  New  Jersey,  Temnocera  purpuras- 
cens,  Hayti. 

C  G.  Thompson  (Eugenies  Resa,  1870)  describes  as  new  Syrphus 
fumipennis ,  S.  infumatus,  S.  limbiventris,  S.  sulphuripes ,  S.  trichopus, 
Eristalis  temporalis,  California. 


COLEOPTERA. 

Much  progress  has  been  made  during  the  year  1871  in  the 
study  of  that  branch  of  the  science  especially  devoted  to  the 
investigation  of  the  habits  of  Coleoptera  and  to  the  dissemina¬ 
tion  of  the  knowledge  thereby  obtained  among  those  to  whom 
such  information  is  of  great  practical  value.  The  Legislatures 
of  several  States  have  by  liberal  appropriations  greatly  aided 
this  advance  in  knowledge  and  have  seen  the  wisdom  of  the 
course  in  the  good  results  produced.  The  results  of  the  obser¬ 
vations  made  have  been  published  in  special  reports  by  the 
States  of  Massachusetts,  Illinois  and  Missouri  under  the  edi- 
•  torship  of  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  M.  D.,  Wm.  LeBaron,  M.  D.  and 
Chas.  V.  Riley,  in  the  order  of  the  States  named. 

First  Annual  Report  on  the  Injurious  and  Beneficial  Insects 
of  Massachusetts,  by  A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.,  M.  D. 

In  this  pamphlet  Dr.  Packard  notices  the  habits  of  Liopus 
fcicetus  Say  (injurious  to  apple  trees)  and  L.  xanthoxyli  Shinier 
(prickly  ash  borer)  and  figures  the  larva  of  the  latter.  Calli- 


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dium  amoenum  Say  is  noticed  and  a  figure  of  the  larva  given 
(injures  the  grape).  A  figure  is  given  also  of  the  head  of 
Telephones  bilineatus  (larva)  with  some  notice  of  its  habits, 
and  also  the  larva  of  Galerita  janus. 

Third  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious,  Beneficial  and  other 
Insects  of  the  State  of  Missouri  by  Charles  V.  Riley. 

This  report  is  the  most  voluminous  of  the  State  reports  dur¬ 
ing  the  year,  and  it  is  to  be  regretted  that  Mr.  Riley  in  his  very 
laudable  desire  of  rendering  his  report  popular  has  been  led 
into  error  by  some  of  his  very  sweeping  generalizations.  On 
pp.  9  and  10  Mr.  Rile}^  says,  u  it  (the  family  Curculionidae)  is 
at  once  distinguished  from  all  the  other  families  of  beetles,  by 
the  front  of  the  head  being  produced  into  a  more  or  less  elon¬ 
gated  snout  or  rostrum  at  the  extremity  of  which  the  mouth  is 
situated.”  The  snout  is  by  no  means  characteristic  of,  nor 
peculiar  to,  the  family  or  rather  section  Bhyncliophora ,  as  may 
be  seen  among  many  Scolytidce  with  no  snout,  while  among 
some  (Edemeridce  ( Bhinoplatia  Horn),  Myderidce  (My denis') 
and  Pythidce  (group  Salpingini)  a  very  distinct  and  quite  elon¬ 
gated  snout  exists.  Even  in  a  popular  publication  accuracy 
should  never  bend  to  popularity. 

Page  11.  Conotrachelus  nenuphar  Hbst.,  figures  of  larva, 
pupa  and  imago,  with  remarks  on  their  habits.  Plum  trees. 

Page  29.  Antlionomus  quadrigibbus  Say,  notes  as  above. 

Page  35.  Conotrachelus  crcitcegi  Walsh,  figure  of  imago. 
Quince. 

Page  39.  Antlionomus  prunicida  Walsh,  figure  of  imago. 
Plum. 

Page  42.  Analcis  fragarice  Walsh,  imago  and  larva.  Straw¬ 
berry. 

Page  45-52.  Remarks  on  Bruchus  pisi  Linn,  and  granarius 
Linn.,  both  imported  species. 

Page  52.  Bruchus  fabce  Riley,  figure  of  imago.  Bean. 

Page  57.  Ithycerus  curculionoides  Ilbst.,  figure  of  larva 
and  pupa,  erroneously  named  in  this  Noveborcicensis ,  the  latter 
name  being  accepted  as  a  synonyme.  Injures  usually  stone 
fruit. 


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Page  58.  Epiccerus  imbricatas  Say,  figure  of  imago.  Apple, 
Sphenopliorus  zece  Walsh.,  figure  of  imago.  Injures 


cherry,  etc. 


Page  59. 
maize. 

Page  60. 
Page  77. 
stages. 

Page  79. 
Grape  vine. 
Page  81. 


* Sphen.  pulchellus  Schon.,  figure  of  imago. 
Pelidnota  punctata  Linn.,  figured  in  various 


Haltica  chalybea  Illig., 


figured  in 


all 


its  stages. 


Colcispis  Jlavida  Say,  figure  of  imago.  Grape. 

The  remarks  on  the  habits  of  the  above  mentioned  Coleop- 
tera  in  their  various  stages  of  development  are  full,  clear  and 
to  the  point.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  tendency  shown  among 
practical  entomologists,  of  borrowing  each  other’s  'woodcuts 
and  entire  articles  may  be  checked.  The  remark  is  not  in¬ 
tended  to  be  applied  to  the  present  pamphlet,  as  it  is  rather  the 


“sinned  against”  than  “sinning.” 

First  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious  Insects  of  the  State  of 
Illinois,  by  Wm.  LeBaron,  M.  D. 

Page  63.  Doryphora  decemlineata  Say.  This  article  is  illus¬ 
trated  by  a  very  familiar  woodcut.  A  list  of  insects  is  given 
known  or  supposed  to  be  detrimental  to  the  increase  of  the 
Dorypliora ,  two  of  which  are  doubtful,  viz. :  Lytta  vittata  and 
cinerea ,  which*,  however,  are  prgperly  Epicauta ,  and  are  proba¬ 
bly  not  at  all  predaceous,  but  are  on  the  contrary  occupied  in  a 
manner  similar  to  the  Doryphora  itself.  (See  Canad.  Ent.,  iii, 
p.  138.) 

Monthly  Report  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture.  Ento¬ 
mological  Record.  By  Townend  Glover. 

Canadian  Entomologist.  Edited  by  Rev.  C.  J.  S.  Bethune, 
M.  A.  Continuations  of  the  reprint  of  Kirby’s  Fauna  Boreali 
Americana,  by  the  editor  in  Nos.  ii,  v,  vi,  vii,  viii,  ix,  x,  xi,  xii. 

Pages  41-51.  Report  of  Messrs.  W.  Saunders  and  E.  B. 
Reed  on  the  Colorado  Potato  Beetle. 

Page  105.  List  of  Coleoptera,  taken  at  Grimsb}^  by  J.  Pet¬ 
tit,  enumerating  over  one  hundred  Cerambycidse,  without,  how¬ 
ever,  completing  the  list. 


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Synonymical  Notes  on  North- American  Coleoptera,  by  John 
L.  LeConte,  M.  D.,  Philadelphia.  In  the  Annals  and  Maga¬ 
zine  of  Nat.  Hist.,  London,  Nov.  1870.  Not  properly  an 
American  publication,  but  included  in  the  Record  as  part  of 
the  progress  of  Entomology  in  the  United  States,  from  the 
subject  and  author.  It  contains 

I.  Review  of  the  types  of  Kirby  (Fauna  Boreali- Americana). 

II.  u  “  “  “  “  Newman. 

III.  u  “  u  u  “  Walker  (Nat.  in  Brit.  Col.,  Lon¬ 

don,  1866). 

IV.  Review  of  types  in  Parisian  collections. 

Many  points  of  synonymy  long  in  doubt  have  here  been  set¬ 
tled  and  it  is  hoped  finally. 

Transactions  of  the  American  Entomological  Society,  Yol. 
ii,  Philadelphia,  1871. 

The  following  papers  on  Coleoptera  are  published : 

Synopsis  of  the  species  of  Corphyra  Say,  of  the  United 
States,  by  Geo.  H.  Horn,  M.  D. 

Synopsis  of  Aphodiini  of  the  United  States,  by  Geo.  H. 

Plorn,  M.  D. 

Remarks  on  the  species  of  the  Genus  Isomalus  of  the  United 
States  by  Geo.  IP.  Horn,  M.  D. 

Descriptions  of  new  species  of  Elateridse  of  the  United 
States  by  Geo.  H.  Horn,  M.  D. 

Descriptions  of  new  Coleoptera  of  the  United  States,  with 
notes  on  known  species,  by  Geo.  H.  Horn,  M.  D. 

Synonymy  noticed  in  the  papers  cited.  Synonymes  in  italics. 

1st.  From  Kirby’s  types  (Fauna  Boreali-Americana),  British  Mu¬ 
seum.  By  Dr.  LeConte. 

Cicindela  obliquata  Ivby  =  vulgaris  Say ;  Elaphrus  Clairvillei  Ivby  = 
politus  Lee. :  Elaplirus  intermeclius  Kby  =  Calif ornicus  Mann. ;  Anchom- 
enus  angusticollis  Kby  =  Platynus  stygicus'  Lee. ;  Agonum  seminitidum 
Kby  =  cupreum  Dej.  =  chalceum  Lee. ;  Argutor  bicolor  Kby  =  Pterosti- 
chus  patruelis  Dej. ;  Amara  discors  Kby  ==  gibba  Lee. ;  Chlcenius  qua- 
dricollis  Kby  =  brevilabris  Lee. ;  Chlcenius  impunctifrons  Kby  =  Pen- 
sylvanicus  Say ;  Chlcenius  cordicollis  Kby  =  chlorophctnus  Auct. ;  Chlce¬ 
nius  chlorophanus  Dej.  =  solitarius  Say;  Harpalus  laticollis  Kby  = 
Anisodactylus  Harrisii  Lee. ;  Harpalus  basilaris  Kby  =  obesulus  Lee. ; 
Peryphus  sordidus  Kby  =  bimaculatus  Kby;  Laccophilus  biguttatus 


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Kby  =  proximus  Say  =  Americanus  Aube ;  Necrophorus  obscurus  Kby 
=  3Ielsheimeri  Lee;  Necrophorus  Melsheimeri  Kby  =  Sayi  Lap.  = 
lunatus  Lee ;  Necrophorus  pygmaeus  Kby=  ?  defodiens  Mann. ;  Cryptoph- 
agus  concolor  Kby  =  Triphyllus  ruficornis  Lee.;  —  humeralis  Kby; 
Byrrhus  concolor  Kby  =  Cytilus ;  Byrrhus  picipes  Kby  =  geminatus 
Lee.;  Telephorus  manclibularis  Kby  =  fraxini  Say;  Leptura  longiceps 
Kby  =  Acmceops  strigillata  (Fab.)  ;  Leptura  longicornis  Kby  =  Acmoe- 
ops  marginalis  Lee. 

2d.  From  types  of  Newman,  British  Museum. 

Feronia  moerens  Nm.  =  Pterostichus  flebilis  Lee.  =  adjunctus  Lee. ; 
Feronia  picipes  Nm.  =  Pterostichus  stygicus  (Say)  ;  Feronia  atrata  Nm. 
=  Pterostichus  permundus  Say;  Feronia  orbata  Nm.  =  Evarthrus  con- 
viva  Lee. 

3d.  Types  of  Mr.  Walker  (“Naturalist  in  British  Columbia,”  Lord, 
1866,  Vol.  ii,  appendix),  British  Museum. 

Ccdosoma  irregulare  W.  =  tepidum  Lee. ;  Callisthenes  pemelioides 
W.  —  Calosoma  Zimmermanni  var.  =  luxatum  Say ;  Carabus  bicolor 
W.  =  Calosoma  laqueatum  Lee. ;  Amaseus  colligatus  W.  =  Pterost. 
Oregonus  Lee. ;  Amara  extensa  W.  =  Harpalus  sp.  ?  Amara  communis 
W.  =  impuncticollis  Say ;  Peryphus  cequalis  W.  =  Bembid.  planatum 
Lee. ;  Laccophilus  maculosus  W.  =  decipiens  Lee. ;  Atemeles  reflexus 
W.  =  cavus  Lee. ;  Tropisternus  binotatus  W.  =  Hydrophilus  limbatus 
Lee. ;  Saprinus  consimilis  W.  =  Oregonensis  Lee. ;  Necrophorus  conver- 
sator  W.  =  pollinctor  Lee. ;  Cremastocliilus  armatus  W.  =  augularis 
Lee. ;  Anomala  contermina  W.  =  Lachnosterna  tristis  ?  Kn. ;  Bhizo- 
trogus  collocatus  W.  =  Phobetus  testaceus  Lee. ;  Ancylonycha  nigro- 
picea  W.  =  Diplotaxis  brevicollis  Lee. ;  Ancylonycha  consequens  W. 
=  Diplotaxis  sp.  ?  Ancylonycha  uninotata  W.  =  Lachnosterna  sp.  ? 
Serica  crassata  W.  =  antliracina  Lee. ;  Ancylochira  ornata  W.  =  Lan- 
gii  Mann. ;  Adelocera  vetusta  W.  =  profusa  Cand.  =  cavicollis  Lee. ; 
Athous  quadrivittatus  W.  =  Corymbites  lateralis  Lee.  (immature)  ;  Dia¬ 
canthus  semimetallicus  W.  =  Corymb,  seripennis  Kby;  Clerus  sobrius 
W.  =  sphegeus  Fab. ;  Lphthemus  servilis ,  servator,  subligatus  W.  = 
races  of  serratus  Mann. ;  Eleodes  convexicollis  and  conjuncta  W.  = 
obscura  Say ;  Eleodes  binotata  W.  =  hispilabris  Say ;  Eleodes  latiuscula 
W.  =  probably  humeralis  Lee. ;  Ilelops  inclusus  W.  =  either  lautus  or 
pernitens  Lee ;  Nemognatha  bicolor  W.  =  apicalis  Lee. ;  Eutrypanus 
princeps  W.  =  AEdilis  spectabilis  Lee. ;  Typocerus  cervinus  W.  =  Tox- 
otus  spurcus  Lee. ;  Toxotus  perductor  W.  =  Leptura  obliterata  Hald. ; 
Clythra  bisignata  W.  =  Saxinis  saucia  Lee. 

4th.  Types  in  the  collections  in  Paris. 

Amblychila  Piccolominii  Reiche  =  cylindriformis  Say ;  Cicindela 
blanda  Dej  =  tarsalis  Lee. ;  Omophron  nitens  Cliaud.  =  nitens  Lec.  • 
Cychrus  German  Chaud.  =  Andrewsii  Harris ;  Cychrus  granulosus 


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Chaud.  =  Lecontei  Dej.  var.  Brevoorti  Lee. ;  Cychrus  Schaumii  Chaud. 
==  nitidicollis  Cliev. ;  Pasimachus  viridans  Lee.  =  Mexicanus  Gray ; 
Anisotarsus  Chaud.  =  Eurytrichus  Lee. ;  Dctcnochilus  leetus  Lee.  = 
angularis  Er. ;  Lispinus  rufescens  Lee.  =  Anca3us. 

New  synonymy  in  Elateridm,  etc.  By  Dr.  Horn. 

Limonius  cliscicollis  Cand.  =  maculicollis  Motsch.  Trans.  Amer.  Ent. 
Soc.,  p.  31G.  Limonius  humeralis  Cand.  =  ornatulus  Lee.  Trans.  Amer. 
Ent.  Soc.,  p.  316.  Corymbites  Nebraskensis  Bid.  =  triundulatus  Rand. 
Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  p.  322.  Corymbites  diversicolor  Escli.  =  rotun- 
dicollis  Say.  Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  p.  323.  Corymbites  lateralis  Lee. 
=  var.  earbo  Lee.  Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  p.  323..  Cyclocepliala  robusta 
Lee.  =  nigricollis  Burm.  Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  p.  334.  Anelpistus 
Americanus  Horn  =  Scotodes  Americanus,  1.  c.,  p  343. 

The  following  list  comprises  the  new  genera  and  species  : — 

CICINDELID^E. 

p 

Geo.  H.  Horn.  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.)  Cicindela  puritana ,  p. 
325,  N.  Hamp.  and  Mass. 

CARABIDiE. 

Geo.  H.  Horn.  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.)  Chlcenius  vuluus,  p.  325, 
Missouri ;  C.  orbus,  p.  326,  Texas ;  C.  alternatus,  p.  327,  Saskatch¬ 
ewan.  Anophthalmus  tenuis  and  eremita,  pp.  327  and  328,  Wyandotte 
Cave,  Indiana. 

DYTISCID2E. 

• 

Geo.  H.  Horn.  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.)  Suphis  lineatus,  p.  329, 
Lower  Cal. ;  Laccophilus  quadrilineatus,  p.  330,  Texas ;  Colymbetes  in- 
cequalis,  p.  330,  Cal.  and  Oregon.  Laccophilus  pictus  Cast.,  Texas,  and 
Colymbetes  coriaceus  Cast.,  Canada,  are  noticed  for  the  first  time  in  our 
fauna,  p.  330. 

HYDROPHILID^E. 

Geo.  H.  Horn.  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.)  Llydrophilus  quadristri- 
atus,  p.  331,  New  Jersey. 

STAPHYLINIDJE. 

Geo.  H.  Horn.  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.)  Phytosus  littoralis,  p. 
331,  New  Jersey;  Quedius  spelceus,  p.  332,  Wyandotte  Cave,  Indiana; 
Eleusis  ( Isomalus )  Canadensis ,  p.  299,  Canada;  Glyptoma  brevicristatum, 
p.  332,  Arizona.  Pseudopsis  sulcatus  Nin.,  Canada,  is  noticed  in  our 
fauna,  previously  known  only  from  England,  p.  333. 

HISTERIDiE. 

.  Geo.  II.  Horn.  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.)  Saprinus  ceneipunctatus , 
p.  333,  California  coast. 


scarabjeid.ee. 


Geo.  H.  Horn.  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.)  Bradycinetus  n.  g.,  in 
place  of  Amechanus,  p.  334 ;  Aphodius  ochreipennis  and  rugifrons,  p. 
295,  California;  Oxyomus  opacifrons ,  p.  284,  Middle  States;  Atcenius 
robustus,  p.  285,  Missouri;  oblongus,  p.  286,  California;  ovatulus,  p. 
286,  Penn,  to  Louisiana;  lobatus,  p.  287,  Lower  California;  socialis,  p. 
288.  Geoi’gia;  hirsutus ,  p.  288,  Ariz. ;  lucanus,  p.  288,  Lower  Cal.; 
cylindrus,  p.  289,  Gulf  States;  desertus,  p.  289,  Colorado  Desei't;  Rliys- 
semus  Californicus,  p.  290,  Cal. ;  riparius ,  p.  290,  Ariz. ;  Fsammodius 
quinqueplictltus,  p.  292,  Ariz. ;  bidens,  p.  293,  Georgia ;  AEgialia  conferta, 
p.  294,  Middle  and  South.  States ;  Cyclocephala  elegans,  p.  337,  Texas 
and  Lower  Cal. ;  Cotalpa  consobrina ,  p.  337,  Ariz. ;  Osmoderma  socialis, 
p.  338,  Ariz. ;  Cremastochilus  depressus,  p.  340 ,  pilosicollis,  p.  341,  Cal. 

ELATERIDJE. 

• 

Geo.  H.  Horn.  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.)  Meristhus  cristatus ,  p. 
299,  Lower  Cal. ;  Texanus,  p.  300,  Texas  ;  Cardioplioras  togatus,  p.  301 , 
Texas;  Edicardsi,  p.  301,  Cal.;  ceneus,  p.  301,  Cal.;  Iloristonotus  defi- 
nitus,  p.  302,  Cal. ;  Uhlerii,  p.  302,  Florida;  Copbostetlius  Americanus ,  p. 
303,  Louisiana ;  Cryptohypnus  Sanborni,  p.  303,  New  Hampshire ;  cestivus , 
p.  304,  Missoui’i;  perplexus,  p.  304,  D.  C.;  dubius,  p.  305,  Dacota; 
colon,  p.  305,  Cal. ;  Elater  atripennis,  p.  306,  Cal. ;  Behrensi,  p.  306, 
Cal.;  cordatus,  p.  306,  Cal.;  Elatrinus  (n.  g.)  anthrax,  p.  307,  Cal.; 
Drasterius  grandicollis,  p.  308,  Cal. ;  marginicollis,  p.  308,  Cal. ;  Mega- 
penthes  aterrimus,  p.  309,  Cal.  and  New  Mexico;  elegans,  p.  310,  Cal.; 
Rogersi,  p.  310,  Canada;  Anchastus  desertus,  p.  311,  Colorado  Desert; 
sericeus,  p.  311,  Ariz.;  Monocrepidius  robustus,  p.  312,  Ariz.;  mutuus, 
p.  312,  Ariz. ;  Ludius  Lecontei,  p  313,  Cal. ;  Limonius  quadrimaculatus, 
p.  313,  Cal  ;  Ulkei,  p.  314,  Cal. ;  cribricollis,  p.  314,  Cal. ;  nitidulus,  p. 
315,  Cal. ;  Athous  axillaris ,  p.  316,  Cal. ;  flavangularis,  p.  317,  Vermont; 
Agriotes.  protractus,  p.  317,  Cal.;  Oxygonus  ater,  p.  318,  Cal.;  Corym- 
bites  xanthomus,  p.  319,  Cal. ;  monticola,  p.  319,  Cal. ;  limoniiformis,  p. 
320,  Dacota;  pruininus,  p.  320,  Cal.  and  Nev. ;  Breweri,  p.  321,  Cal.; 
prceses,  p.  321,  Montana;  obversus,  p.  322,  Cal. 

CLERIDJE. 

Geo.  H.  Horn.  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.)  Clerus  repandus,  p  342, 
Cal.  to  Iowa;  Ilydnocera  albocincta,  p.  342,  Texas. 

OTHNIIDJE. 

Geo.  H.  Horn.  (Trans.  Amei\  Ent.  Soc.)  Elacatis  longicornis,  p. 
334,  Fort  Yuma,  Cal. 


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EUCNEMID2E. 

Geo.  H.  Horn.  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.)  Xylobius  cylindriformis, 
p.  341,  California. 

ANTHICID^J. 

Geo.  H.  Horn.  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.)  Corphyra  vittata,  p.  279, 
Cal.;  funebris,  p.  280,  Cal. ;  Lewisii ,  p.  281,  Colorado. 

EEQT  YLIDJE . 

Geo.  H.  Horn.  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.)  Triplax  aulica ,  p.  343, 
Missouri. 

BRUCHID.ZE. 

Chas.  Y.  Riley.  (Third  Annual  Report,  Missouri)  Bruchus  fabce,  p. 
55,  U.  S. 

EHYN  CHOPHORA. 

Chas.  Y.  Riley.  (Third  Annual  Report,  Missouri)  Analcis  fragarice , 
p.  44,  Missouri  and  Illinois;  Splienophorus  zece  Walsh,  p.  59,  Mo.  and 

Ill. 

CERAMBY  CXD.ZEI . 

T.  Glover  (Month.  Rpt.  Dep.  Agric.,  477)  notices  (with  a  figure) 
the  habits  of  Oncideres  cingulatus  Say,  and  Elapliidion  villosum  (Eabr.) 

T.  Glover  (Month.  Rpt.  Dep.  Agric.,  479)  gives  an  account  of  the 
habits  of  Anthonomus  signatus  Say. 


HEMIPTERA. 

Dr.  Asa  Fitch  (13th  Report  on  the  Insects  of  the  State  of 
New  York,  Agricult.  Society  for  1869),  details  the  habits  of 
Phytocoris  lineatus  Fab.,  recounts  the  different  plants  infested 
by  various  Aphids ,  and  describes  an  apparently  new  species,  A. 
circezandis. 

Townend  Glover  (Monthly  Report  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture;  October,  1871),  records  some  of  the  habits  and 
characteristics  of  Erytlironeura  vitis  Harris,  and  of  another 
species  (name  not  given),  and  states  the  remedies  employed 
to  check  their  depredations. 

E.  B.  Reed  (Canadian  Entomologist,  p.  170),  notes  Perillus 
circumcinctus  Staal,  as  one  of  the  destroyers  of  the  Colorado 


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potato  beetle;  and  with  Mr.  W.  Saunders,  1.  c.  p.  49,  reports 
Sinea  raptatoria  Say  to  be  an  enemy  of  that  beetle  in  its  larval 
state. 

Dn.  W.  LeBaron  (First  Annual  Report  on  the  Noxious 

Insects  of  Illinois,  1871),  notes  the  habits  of  Phytocoris  quad- 

.  • 

rivittatus  Say  (it  is  the  Capsus  lineatus  Fab.),  and  gives  an  in¬ 
terestingly  detailed  account  of  Mytilaspis  conchiformis  Gmelin, 
and  of  Mytilaspis  pinifolice  Fitch. 

C.  V.  Riley  (Third  Annual  Report  on  the  Insects  of  Mis¬ 
souri,  1871),  notices  the  carnivorous  propensities  of  Campy- 
loneura  vitripennis  Say,  and  gives  woodcuts  of  the  adult  and 
young.  Fie  also  notes  the  sawing  and  rasping  of  apple  tree 
limbs  by  the  Cicadas,  C.  septendecim  and  C.  tredecim ,  and  by 
treehoppers  and  other  Homoptera ;  and  furnishes  a  valuable 
account,  with  figures,  of  the  pernicious  pest  of  the  grapevines, 
Phylloxera  vitifolice  Fitch,  which  he  shows  to  be  almost,  if  not 
quite,  identical  with  P.  vastatrix  Planchon,  the  species  so 
destructive  to  the  vines  in  France. 

Dr.  Carl  Staal  (Hemiptera  Fabriciana,  1868,  received  too 
late  for  notice  in  our  former  report) ,  has  critically  investigated 
the  still  extant  types  of  the  Fabrician  descriptions,  and  has 
given  careful  and  ample  diagnoses  of  the  insufficiently  de¬ 
scribed  forms  ;  thus  making  recognizable  many  species  which 
could  not  formerly  be  determined. 

P.  R.  Uhler  (Proceedings  Boston  Society  Natural  History, 
Feb.,  1871),  describes  and  notices  several  species  belonging  to 
the  collection  of  Dr.  T.  W.  Harris  ;  and  in  Dr.  Packard’s  paper 
“On  Insects  Inhabiting  Salt  Water”  (Ainer.  Jour.  Sci.  and  Arts, 
Third  Series,  Vol.  I),  describes  two  new  species  of  aquatic  Hete- 
roptera,  and  notices  the  habits  of  a  marsh-frequenting  Saida. 
He  also  gives  a  list  of  Colorado  species  in  Dr.  Hayden’s  Report 
on  the  Territories,  1871. 

Francis  Walker  (Catalogue  of  Heteropterous  Flemiptera 
in  the  British  Museum,  Pts.  I,  II,  IV,  1867-’71),  gives  a  list 
of  the  species  belonging  to  the  collection  of  the  British  Museum, 
and  describes  several  apparently  new  species  from  North 
America. 


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(HETEROPTER  A.) 

SCUTELLERID^E. 

C.  Staal  (Hemipt.  Fabr.,  pp.  13-14,  cites  Tetyra  arcuata  Fab., 
Diolcas  irroratus  Fab.,  and  Bymphylus  affinis  Fab.  from  the  islands 
north  of  South  America. 

P.  R.  Uhler  (Boston  Soc.  Proc.,  p.  1),  describes  the  new  genus 
Aulacostethus ,  and  places  in  it  Tetyra  marmorata  Say. 

F.  Walker  (British  Mus.  Cat.,  pt.  1)  describes  Phimodera  torpida, 
p.  75,  from  Saskatchewan;  Corimelcena  cyaneonigra,  p.  78,  Mexico; 
Oplomus  biarcuatus ,  p.  121,  Vera  Cruz;  Platynopus  conspersus ,  p.  123, 
Orizaba,  and  notices  Augocoris  Ehrenbergii ,  A.  gigas,  A.  Gomesii  from 
^lexico ;  A.  pallidus ,  A.  cretaceus,  Cuba ;  Pachycoris  Klugii ,  P.  vari- 
abilis,  P.  Boscii,  P.  marginelhis ,  P.  luminosus,  P.  dissociatus,  P.  farc- 
tus,  P.  guttipes ,  P.  conicus,  P.  sticticus,  Mexico ;  P.  chrysorrhceus,  P. 
guttatus,  Carolina;  P.  nitens,  P.  obliquus,  P.  arcuatus,  P.  cassidioides, 
P.  clelineatus,  P.  ping  uis,  W.  Indies;  Homoemus  exilis,  Nova  Scotia;  H. 
parvulus ,  Florida ;  H.  punctellus,  IT.  proteus,  Mexico  ;  Sympliylus  irro¬ 
ratus,  S.  variegatus,  S.  Knochii,  W.  Indies ;  Agonosoma  rubrocincta,  A. 
flavocincta,  A.  Mexicana,  Mexico ;  Zophcessa  porosa,  Z.  moesta ,  Z.  socia, 
California  and  Mexico;  Eurygaster  alternatus,  N.  America;  Podops 
dubius,  Florida;  Corimelcena  nitiduloides,  C.  unicolor,  C.  nigra,  C.pul- 
icaria,  C.  lateralis,  C.  marginella ,  United  States;  C.  Scliulzii,  C.  sig- 
natipennis,  Mexico ;  C.  basalis ,  W.  Indies ;  Megaris  atratula,  Stiretrus 
cceruleus,  S.  lythrodes,  S.  ornatus,  S.  pulchellus,  S.  flavipes,  S.  atricap- 
illus,  S.  crucifer,  Mexico ;  S.  violaceus,  S.  anchorago,  S.  fimbriatus, 
United  States;  Oplomus  catena,  0.  nigripennis,  0.  pulcher,  0.  sala- 
maiulra,  0.  dichrous,  O.  mundus,  0.  mutabilis,  0.  proteus,  0.  confluens, 
O.  virgatus,  0.  circumcinctus,  Platynopus  rhodomelas,  Mexico. 

PENTATOMID7E. 

C.  Staal,  1.  c.,  gives  diagnosis  of  Chlorocoris  depressus  Fab.,  p.  23, 
from  Central  America,  also  cites  Proxys  victor  Fab.,  p.  25,  W.  Indies; 
Berecyntlius  delirator  Fab.,  p.  26,  W.  Indies;  Euschistus  crenator  Falf., 
p.  26,  W.  Indies;  CEbalus  typhceus  Fab.,  p.  27,  Carolina;  Cosmopepla 
carnifex  Fab.,  p.  28,  North  America;  Thyanta  perditor  Fab.,  p.  29,  W. 
Indies;  Nezara  viridula  Linn.,  p.  31,  W.  Indies;  Edessa  meditabunda 
Fab.,  p.  37,  W.  Indies. 

P.  R.  Uhler,  1.  c.,  describes  Podisus  serieventris,  p.  2 ;  Brochymena 
Harrisii,  p.  3;  Euschistus  fissilis,  p.  4;  Lioderma,  new  genus,  including 
Pentatoma  saucia  Say  and  P.  senilis  Say,  p.  5 ;  Atomosira  sordida,  new 
genus  and  sp.,  pp.  5  and  6,  and  refers  Trichopepla  semivitta  Say,  Neot - 


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tiglossa  undata  Say  and  Bhaphigaster  Pensylvanicus  Degeer,  all  from 
New  England,  to  their  appropriate  genera. 

F.  Walker,  1.  c.,  describes  Arma  invaria ,  p.  135,  A.  monospila  and 
A.  colorata ,  p.  136,  from  Mexico;  Cyrtomenus  crassus,  p.  147,  Vera 
Cruz;  Athus  subglaber,  p.  150,  North  America;  AS.  fusiformis,  AS. 
fords,  A.  tenuis ,  p.  151,  Mexico;  Discocephala  inobtrusa,  p.  183,  Mex¬ 
ico  ;  Ochlerus  guttipes,  p.  193 ;  Brochymena  tenebrosa,  p.  231,  both 
Mexico;  Loxa  nigridens,  p.  241,  Saint  Domingo;  Euscliistus  fasciatus, 
E.  lineatus,  p.  245,  Mexico ;  E.  acuminatus,  E.  reductus,  p.  246,  Saint 
Domingo;  Eysarcoris punctifer,  p.  274,  California;  Hymenarcys  vivuli- 
catus,  p.  283;  Pentatoma  marginalis,  p.  288;  Strachia  angularis,  p.  315, 
N.  America;  S.  placens,  p.  316,  Saint  Domingo;  Vulsirea  transducta, 
p.  352 ;  V.  lativentris,  p.  353,  Mexico ;  Bhaphigaster  imbutus ,  p.  358, 
Vera  Cruz;  and  B.  aggressor ,  p.  359,  W.  Indies.  He  records  the  fol- 
#  lowing  from  the  localities  here  given  :  —  31utyca  phymatophora,  Mex* 
ico;  Arma  grandis ,  A.  spinosa,  A.  modesta,  A.  pallens,  North  Amer¬ 
ica;  A  fuscescens,  A.  didyma,  A.  pulcliricornis,  A.  congrex,  A.  Delia,  A. 
cole,  A.  Thetis,  Mexico ;  Eutliyrhynchus  punicus,  E.  fioridanus,  Apate- 
ticus  halys,  Tynacantha  punctipennis,  Mexico ;  Zicrona  cuprea,  Z.  mar- 
ginella,  from  Hudson’s  Bay  region;  Z.  splendida,  California;  Cyrto¬ 
menus  castaneus,  C.  mutabilis,  North  America;  C.  emarginatus,  Mex¬ 
ico;  Athus  bilineatus,  A.  rugifrons,  A.  femoralis,  North  America; 
A.  margo,  A.  piceatus,  Mexico ;  A.  curvipes,  A.  insularis,  W.  Indies  ; 
Amnestus  spinifrons,  New  York;  Sehirus  ligatus,  N.  America;  Disco¬ 
cephala  notulata ,  D.  clypeata,  Mexico;  Ochlerus  cinctus,  0.  tartareus, 
Antiteuchus  obscurus,  A.  luctuosus,  Chlorocoris  rufispinus ,  C.  atrispi- 
nus,  Mexico ;  Brochymena  annulata,  B.  serrata,  B.  quadripustidata,  B. 
Carolinensis,  United  States ;  B.  lineolata,  B.  hccdula,  Mexico ;  Loxa 
fiavicollis,  West  Indies;  Euscliistus  crassus,  E.  inconspectus,  E.  icteri- 
cus,  E.  punctipes,  E.  luridus,  E.  tristigma,  United  States;  E.  obscurus, 
E.  bifibula,  E.  spurculus,  E.  biformis,  E.  strenuus,  E.  castus,  Mexico ; 
E.  pallipes,  E.  crocipes,  West  Indies;  Proxy s  victor,  P.  delirator,  P. 
variolarius,  P.  crenatus,  Mexico  and  West  Indies;  Mormidea poecila,  M. 
pyrrhocera,  United  States;  M.  collaris,  M.  notulata,  M.  irrorata,  31. 
pictiventris,  31.  lugens ,  31.  hamulata,  31.  angustata,  31.  verrucifera,  Mex¬ 
ico;  31.  croceipes,  31.  cubrosa,  West  Indies;  Alia  trilineata,  A.  Amer¬ 
icana,  North  America;  Eysarcoris  conspicillaris,  E.  carnifex,  United 
States ;  E.  decoratus,  Mexico ;  Hymenarcys  nervosa,  H.  perpunctata, 
H.  aeruginosa,  North  America;  Pentatoma  picea,  P.  dubia,  P.  box- 
ura,  P.  grisea,  P.  pilipes,  P.  lugens,  P.  custator,  P.  dentata,  P.  palli- 
dovirens,  United  States;  P.  obsoleta,  Jamaica;  Strachia  histrionica, 
United  States;  S.  munda,  S.  splendida,  S.  principalis,  S.  melanopyga, 
S.  rufo-notata ,  Mexico;  S.  violascens,  S.  perspicua,  S.  proxima,  W. 
Indies ;  Vulsirea  liturata,  V.  anchorago,  V.  variegata,  V.  nigrorubra, 


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W.  Indies;  Bhaphigaster  prasinus,  B.  sarpinus,  B.  catinus,  B.punctu- 
latus,  N.  America;  B.  spirans ,  B.  sticticus,  B.  marginatus,  B.  jitrgiosus, 
B.  nitidiventris,  Mexico ;  B.  sparnius ,  Arvelius  albo-punctatus,W .  Indies  ; 
Taurocerus  edessoides,  T.  Achilles ,  T.  Hector ,  Mexico ;  Acantliosoma  cru- 
ciata,  A.  nebulosa,  North  America. 

COREIDJE. 

C.  Staal,  1.  c.,  cites  Archimerus  calcarator  Fab.,  Eutlioctha  galea- 
tor  Fab.  from  Carolina ;  Leptoglossus  albicinctus  Say,  warm  parts  of 
America;  Spartocera  fusca  Thunb.,  Guadeloupe;  Anasa  scorbutica  Fab., 
W.  Indies;  A.  tristis  DeGeer.,  Carolina;  A.  TJhleri  Staal,  Mexico;  A. 
apicalis  Westw.,  Mexico ;  A.  armigera  Say,  N.  America;  Catorhintha 
guttula,  Fab.,  W.  Indies;  Gerris  jiliformis  Fab.,  Cuba;  Harmostes  ser- 
ratus,  Fab.,  W.  Indies;  Corizus  lineata  Fab.,  C.  hyalinus  Fab.,  C.  sidce 
Fab.,  W.  Indies. 

P.  R.  UHLER,|i.  c.,  describes  as  new  species,  Metapodius  instabilis 
and 31.  confraternus ,  p.  7,  from  North  Carolina  and  Florida;  and  Neides 
decurvatus ,  p.  8,  from  New  Hampshire. 

F.  Walker,  1.  c.,  pt.  IV,  cites  Sepliina  maculata ,  Jamaica;  S.  vin- 
ula,  iS.  limbata ,  Mexico;  Spartocera  dorsalis,  S.  fusca,  S.  gigas,  Mex¬ 
ico;  Mictoides,  new  genus,  same  as  Sagotylus  Mayr,  with  the  same 
species  as  employed  by  Dr.*  Mayr,  viz :  —  Mictis  triguttatus  H.  Schf. 
The  specific  name  has  however  been  set  aside  by  the  earlier  appella¬ 
tion  by  Say;  thus  the  correct  name  will  now  be  Sagotylus  confluentus 
Say,  from  Mexico  ;  M.  ozena,  M.  spinicrus,  Mexico ;  Metapodius  femora- 
tus,  31.  terminalis,  N.  America;  31.  constrictus,  W.  Indies;  31.  suratus, 
31.  thoracicus,  M.  granulosus,  M.  luctuosus,  Mexico;  Pachylis  gigas,  P. 
Hector,  Mexico;  31elucha  quadrivittata,  Mexico;  Archimerus  calcara¬ 
tor,  A.  rubiginosus,  United  States;  A.  affinis,  A.  triangulum,  W.  Indies’; 
A.  lunatus,  A.  affinis,  A.  lineolatus,  A.  Nestor,  A.  scrupulosus,  A.  scu- 
tellaris,  Mexico ;  Capaneus  multispinus,  C.  Achilles,  C.  auriculatus,  C. 
rubronotatus,  C.  rates,  G.  tetricus,  G.  odiosus,  G.  spurcus,  G.  ventralis, 
Mexico ;  Mamurius  31opsus,  Mexico ;  3Ieropacliys  alternatus,  Mexico ; 
Flavius  lineaticornis,  F.  pinguis,  Nematopus  lepidus,  Mexico  ;  Paryphes 
Whitei,  Cuba;  P.  imperialis,  Scamurius  jurgiosus,  Anasa  scorbutica,  A. 
Andresii,  A.  nigripes,  A.  bellator,  Mexico  and  W.  Indies ;  A.  armigera, 
A.  obliqua,  Chariesterus  antennator,  United  States;  C.  mcestus,  Mex¬ 
ico  ;  Hymenoplxora  crucifer,  H.  lobatus,  W.  Indies ;  Euthochtha  galea- 
tor,  Corynocoris distinctus,  United  States;  Sagotylus  triguttatus,  Mexico 
(noticed  above)  ;  Diactor  rufus,  Anisoscelis  scripta,  A.  minor,  A.  gona- 
gra,  A.  lineosa,  A.  zonata,  Mexico ;  A.  albicincta,  A.  opposita,  A. 
corcula,  United  States;  Narnia  femorata,  Mexico;  N.  pallidicornis, 
Texas;  Pthia  lunata,  P.picta,  Gebrenis pulchella,  Sphictyrtus pretiosus, 
Hypselonotus  fulvus,  H.  interruptus ,  H.  concinnus,  II.  lineatus,  II.  punc- 


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tiventris,  Mexico ;  Jadera  sanguinolenta,  W.  Indies ;  J.  ceola ,  Mexico ; 
Alydus  calcaratus,  A.  cruentus ,  A.  pilosulus,  A.  ater,  A.  apicalis,  A.  cur- 
tulus ,  United  States;  A.  notatipennis,  Camptopus  diversipes,  C. pallens, 
Mexico ;  C.  affinis,  C.  rufipes ,  W.  Indies  ;  Protenor  Belfragii,  Darmis- 
tus  subvittatus,  Mexico ;  Leptocorisa  jiliformis,  L.  tipuloides,  Lyrnessus 
tibialis,  W.  Indies ;  Neides  spinosus,  X.  decurvatus,  X.  gracilipes,  United 
States;  Xiphares  tabulatus,  Mexico;  Gonocerus  affiliatus,  G.  tristis,  G. 
obsoletus,  United  States;  G.  apicalis,  Mexico-;  and  describes  as  new, 
Sephina  atra,  p.  4,  Spartocera  lampyroides,  p.  6,  Archimerus  acutiuscu- 
lus,  and  A.  indecorus,  p.  64,  A.  guttiventris,  A.  maculifer,  p.  65,  A. 
dolosus,  p.  66,  Hirilcus  collaris,  p.  73,  from  Mexico ;  Anisoscelis  selecta, 
p.  127,  St.  Domingo ;  A.  prcecipua,  A.  concolor,  p.  128,  Pthia  concinna , 
p.  132,  Hypselonotus  propinquus,  p.  142,  H.  armatus,  p.  144,  and  Gono¬ 
cerus  capaneodes  var.  p.  186,  from  Mexico. 

LYGu3E3IDJE. 

C.  Staal,  1.  c.,  cites  Lygceus  aulicus  Fab.,  St.  Barthelemy;  L.  pul- 
chellus  Fab.,  L.  collaris,  Fab.,  W.  Indies;  L.  turcicus  Fab.,  New  York, 
and  places  the  Fabrician  species  in  several  new  subgenera. 

P.  R.  Uiiler,  1.  c.,  describes  as  new  Plociomerus  diffusus,  p.  9,  Ozo- 
phora  new  genus,  0.  picturata,  p.  10;  Peritrichus  fraternus,  p.  11  and 
Belonochilus  new  genus,  from  Massachusetts,  aud  notes  the  synon¬ 
ymy  of  Ptocliiomera  nodosa  Say,  Alabama;  Plociomerus  constrictus  Say, 
Mass. ;  and  Eremocoris  ferus  Say,  Mass. 

TINGIDiE. 

C.  Staal,  1.  c.,  p.  95,  notices  Tingis  sacchari  Fab.,  from  W.  In¬ 
dies,  and  Galeata  gossypii  Fab.,  W.  Indies. 

PYERHOCOEID^E. 

C.  Staal,  1.  c.,  notices  Largus  succinctus  Fab.,  Pennsylvania;  Dys- 
dercus  Andrece  Linn.  =» suturalis  Fab.  West  Indies.'  This  species 
swarms  on  the  cotton  in  Hayti,  staining  it  red,  and  doing  otherwise 
much  mischief  to  the  plant. 

ANTHOCORIDJE. 

P.  R.  Uhler,  1.  c.,  p.  14,  notes  Lyctocoris  domesticus  and  Triphleps 
insidiosus  and  their  synonymy,  from  North  Carolina,  etc. 

REDUVIDJE. 

C.  Staal,  1.  c.,  p.  97,  notes  Sinea  multispinosa,  DeGeer,  from  N. 
America;  Milyas  cinctus  Fab.,  N/  America;  Apiomerus  crassipes  Fab., 
Carolina;  Sirthenea  carinata  Fab.,  Carolina;  Leogorris  litura  Fab., 


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Mexico;  Pnirontis  languida ,  P.  infirma ,  Carolina;  Stenopoda  culici- 
formis  Fab.,  Cuba. 

P.  R.  Uhler,  1.  c.,  p.  14-15,  notices  Pygolampis  pectorcilis  Say; 
Emesa  longipes  DeGeer,  and  Ploiaria  errabunda  Say,  from  New  Eng¬ 
land,  and  gives  their  synonymy. 

CAPSINI. 

A.  Fitch,  1.  c.,  p.  513  seq.,  describes  the  appearance  of  Phytocoris 
lineatus  Fab.,  and  notices  its  ravages  upon  dahlias  and  other  flowers. 

W.  LeBaron,  1.  c.,  p.  61,  gives  some  account  of  the  habits  of 
the  species  just  noticed  by  Dr.  Fitch,  calling  it  Capsus  quadrivittatus 
Say.  This  name  is  a  synonyme  of  the  above,  and  the  species  belongs 
to  the  modern  genus  Lygus  Fieber. 

C.  Y.  Riley,  1.  c.,  p.  137,  notes  the  habits  of  Campyloneura  vitri- 
pennis  Say. 

C.  Staal,  1.  c.,  p.  86,  gives  a  diagnosis  of  Capsus  lineatus  Fab.,  and 
refers  it  to  the  genus  Calocoris. 

PHYMATIDJE. 

C.  Staal,  1.  c.,  p.  94,  notices  Macrocephalus  cimicoides,  M.  prehen- 
silis,  from  Carolina,  and  Phymata  marginata  Fair.,  with  a  diagnosis, 
from  W.  Indies. 

ARADIDiE. 

P.  R.  Uhler,  1.  c.,  pp.  13  and  14,  describes  as  new,  Aradus  robustus, 
Aneurus  inconstans,  and  A.  simplex ,  from  New  England. 

SALDJE. 

P.  R.  Uhler,  in  Dr.  Packard’s  paper,  noticed  above,  reports  Saida 
inter stitialis  Say,  from  Clear  Lake,  California. 

HYDROESSJE. 

f. , 

P.  R.  Uhler,  1.  c.,  p.  15,  describes  Bhagovelia  obesa,  new  species, 
from  the  United  States. 


HYDRO  METRIDJE. 

P.  R.  Uhler,  in  Dr.  Packard’s  paper,  describes  as  new  Hygrotrechus 
robustus,  from  Clear  Lake,  California.  And  in  1.  c.,  he  gives  the  char¬ 
acters  of  a  new  genus  and  species,  Metrobates  hesperius,  p.  17,  from 
the  United  States  and  W.  Indies. 

GALGULIDJE. 

C.  Staal,  1.  c.,  notes  Galgulus  oculatus  Fab.,  from  Carolina  and 

Texas. 


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NOTONECTIDJE. 

C.  Staal,  1.  c.,  p.  137,  redescribes  Anisops  pallipes  Fab.,  from  the 
W.  Indies. 

corns  je. 

C.  Staal,  1.  c.  p.,  138,  redescribes  Corixa  nigripennis  Fab.,  from  the 
W.  Indies. 

P.  R.  Uhler,  in  Dr.  Packard's  paper,  describes  Corixa  decolor ,  from 
Clear  Lake,  California. 

The  interesting  fact  that  the  eggs  of  Corixa  are  used  for  food,  by 
the  Mexicans,  is  mentioned  by  Dr.  Packard,  quoted  from  Tylor's 
Anahuac,  and  from  Virlet  d’  Aoust.  Mr.  Say,  in  his  “Descriptions 
of  the  Heteroptera  of  North  America,”  p.  39,  says:  —  “Passing 
through  the  market  in  the  city  of  Mexico,  I  obtained  a  few  specimens 
(of  Corixa  abdominalis  Say),  from  the  quantity  of  at  least  a  peck, 
exposed  for  sale  by  an  Aztec  woman.” 


(HOMOPTERA.) 

CICADID^E. 

C.  V.  Riley,  Third  Report,  remarks  the  injuries  done  to  apple  trees 
by  Cicada  septendecim ,  and  its  thirteen  year  brood. 

C.  Staal,  1.  c.,  reports  Cicada  tibicen  Linn,  from  South  America. 
It  ranges  extensively  over  eastern  North  America,  from  New  York 
southwardly. 

APHID  JE. 

A.  Fitch,  1.  c.,  describes  Aphis  circezandis  from  New  York,  and 
remarks  the  habits  of  various  Aphids. 

C.  V.  Riley,  Third  Report,  assumes  the  identity  of  the  North 
American  Phylloxera  vitifolice  Fitch,  with  the  European  P.  vastatrix 
Planchon,  and  gives  a  much  detailed  account  of  its  nature  and  char¬ 
acteristics. 

COCCIDJE. 

W.  LeBaron,  1.  c.,  p.  24,  seq.,  details  the  habits  and  appearance  of 
Mytilaspis  conchiformis  Ginelin,  from  the  Apple  bark,  and  of  Mytilaspis 
pinifolice  Fitch,  from  the  leaves  of  pine  trees. 

MEMB  RACED  JE. 

C.  Staal,  1.  c.,  redescribes  Ceresa  bubalus,  Fab.,  p.  24,  from  N. 


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America;  Cyrtosia  mutica  Fab.,  p.  25,  N.  America;  Procyrta  inermis 
Fab.,  p.  33;  describes  as  new,  Aconophora  hastata ,  Mexico,  A.  nigra , 
A.  Mexicana,  A.  gracilicornis,  A.  pallescens ,  A.  femoralis,  A.  gladiata, 
p.  35,  Mexico,  and  notices  Platycotis  vittata  Fab.,  p.  37,  Carolina;  Cam- 
pylenchia  curvata  Fab.,  p.  43,  N.  America;  describes  Tropidoscyta  pal- 
lidipennis ,  T.  cornutata,  Mexico,  and  T.  gibbera ,  p.  46,  Texas;  notices 
Monobelus  fasciatus  Fab.,  p.  49,  W.  Indies;  Orthobelus  Havanensis 
Fairm,  Cuba ;  and  describes  Monobelus  lateralis ,  from  Cuba. 

JASSIDJE. 

T.  Glover,  Monthly  Report  Depart.  Agricult.,  notes  the  habits  of 
Erythroneura  vitis  Harris,  and  of  another  species,  not  mentioning  its 
name. 

C.  Staal,  1.  c.,  p.  59,  cites  Xeroplilcea  viridis  Fab.,  from  the  W. 
Indies;  Aulacizes  irrorata  Fab.,  Carolina,  etc. 

FULGORIDiE . 

C.  Staal,  1.  c.,  redescribes  Bothriocera  undata  Fab.  p.  93,  from 
West  Indies;  Pint  alia  vari  eg  ata  Fab.  p.  94,  W.  Indies ;  Chlorochara 
vivida  Fab.  p.  107,  W.  Indies;  Ormenis  relicta  Fab.,  p.  Ill,  Carolina; 
Petrusa  marginata  Linn.,  p.  Ill,  W.  Indies,  and  P.  pygmcea,  Fab.,  p. 
112,  from  island  of  St.  Barthelemy. 


ORTHOPTERA. 

C.  Thomas  (U.  S.  Geol.  Surv.  Wyoming,  1871.  265-284). 

A  List  and  Description  of  new  species  of  Orthoptera. 

This  paper  is  chiefly  a  copy  of  the  one  published  in  Proc. 
Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  Phila.,  1870.  The  descriptions  of  some  new 
species,  and  somewhat  copious  notes  on  Caloptenus  sp>retus  are 
added.  The  additions  only  are  noticed  here. 

C.  Thomas  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  Phila.,  1871.  149-153). 

Contributions  to  Orthopterology. 

C.  Thomas  (Can.  Ent.,  Ill,  168).  On  a  new  Grasshopper 
from  Colorado. 

H.  de  Saussure.  Memoires  pour  servir  a  PHistoire  naturelle 
du  Mexique  des  Antilles  et  des  fttats-Unis,  IVme  Memoire. 
Mantides  Americains,  Tome  lime  ;  Prem.  Partie.  4to. 


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H.  de  Saussure  (Melanges  Orthopterologiques  1869)  de¬ 
scribes  several  Central  American  species  of  Blattarise  and  Man- 
tides,  with  many  rectifications  of  synonomy,  referring  often  to 
American  species. 

F.  Meinert  (Naturhistoriske  Tidsskrift,  Copenhagen,  Bd. 
V.  1870.)  describes  a  new  Labidura. 

F.  Walker.  Catalogue  of  the  Specimens  of  Blattarim  in  the 
Collection  of  the  British  Museum.  8vo.  pp.  239,  1870-1,  with 
s  upplement. 

F.  Walker.  Catalogue  of  the  Specimens  of  Dermaptera 
Saltatoria  in  the  Collection  of  the  British  Museum.  8vo,  parts 
1-3,  1870. 

GRYLLIDJE. 

F.  Walker  (Cat.  Dermap.  Saltatoria,  1870)  describes  as  new  Gryllus 
septentrioncilis ,  Mex.,  St.  Domingo,  West  Coast  America,  G.  luridus , 
VeraCruz,  G.  determinatus,  West  Indies,  G.  parilis,  St.  Vincent,  Bra¬ 
zil,  G.  similans,  St.  Domingo,  G.  angustulus ,  G.  contingens,  West 
Indies,  G.  signatipes,  West  Coast  America,  Tafcilisca  (n.  gen.)  lurida , 
St.  Domingo,  Nemobius  Mexicanus,  Oajaca,  Orocharis  signatus ,  Ori¬ 
zaba,  0.  scitulus ,  0.  fusiformis,  Honduras,  Eneoptera  insularis ,  Phyllo- 
palpus  lettipennis,  Jamaica,  P.  nigrovarius ,  Mexico,  Lebussa  (n.  gen.) 
tenuicornis,  L.  similis,  St.  Domingo,  Zaora  dnctipes ,  Jamaica,  CEcan - 
thus  nigricornis,  Illinois,  03.  varicornis,  CE.  formosus,  Mexico,  Laurepa 
(n.  gen.)  valida ,  Jamaica. 

LO  CU  S  T  ARIJE . 

F.  Walker  (Cat.  Dermap.  Saltatoria,  1870)  describes  as  new  Steno- 
pelmatus  politus ,  Orizaba,  S.  erythr omelas,  S.  lycosoides,  Mexico,  S. 
cephalotes,  West  Coast  America,  Ceuthopliilus  zonarius ,  Vancouver’s 
Is.,  Licodia  (n.  gen .)  pallipes,  St.  Domingo,  Neduba  (n.  gen.)  carinata, 
California,  Mcirsa  (n.  gen.)  arcuata ,  Saskatchewan,  Decticus  sphagno- 
rum ,  Hudson’s  Bay,  Insara  (n.  gen.)  strigulata ,  Mexico,  3Ioucheca  (n. 
gen.)  pretiosa ,  Honduras  and  Mex.,  Conocephalus  contingens ,  Mex., 
C.  ascendens ,  Jamaica,  C.  bilineatus ,  St.  Domingo,  C.  viridator,  Hon¬ 
duras,  Sagona  (n.  gen.)  subpunctata ,  Honduras,  Monocentrum  supre- 
mum ,  Mex.,  M.  excellens,  M.  subcequale ,  31.  decoratum ,  St.  Domingo, 
31.  divisum,  Jamaica,  Orophus  notalus.  Oajaca,  O.  ringens,  Jamaica,  O. 
decisus ,  Honduras,  Pseudophyllanax  (n.  gen.)  insularis ,  Isle  of  Pines, 
Meroncidius  subguttatus,  Jamacia,  31.  circumdatus,  31.  tenebrosus , 
Oajaca,  M.  discoidalis,  31.  subnotatus,  Jamaica,  31.  indistinctus,  Mexico 
or  Brazil,  31.  immunis,  Gryllacris  longiuscida ,  Isle  of  Pines,  G.?  par - 
vulus,  St.  Domingo,  Phylloptera  subnotata,  Oajaca. 


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ACRIDIDjE. 

C.  Thomas  (U.  S.  Geol.  Surv.,  Wyo.,  269-281)  describes  a  new 
genus  Acrolophitus,  in  which  he  places  Gryllus  hirtipes  Say ;  also  the 
following  new  species,  Stenobothrus  obionus,  St.  brunneus ,  and  St.  qua- 
drimoculatus. 

C.  Thomas  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  Phila.,  1871,  149-153)  describes 
Caloptenus  differentials  (=  Acpidiurn  differentiate  Uhler),  Opomola 
(Opomala)  brachyptera  (female),  and  Mesops  Wyomingensis  (sp.  nov.) 

C.  Thomas  (Can.  Ent.  Ill,  168)  describes  as  new  Caloptenus  Dodgei 
from  Pike’s  Peak,  Col.  Terr. 

F.  Walker  (Cat.  Dermap.  Saltatoria,  1870)  describes  as  new  Mesops? 
carinatus ,  United  States,  Xiphocera  inclavata,  Orizaba,  Rliomalea  picti- 
cornis,  M.  auricornis  Mexico,  Cyrtacanthus  inscripta ,  Jamaica,  C.  pecto- 
ralis,  C.  impleta ,  C.  septentrionalis,  West  Coast  America,  Acrydium 
piceifrons,  Orizaba,  A.  vitticeps  Oajaca,  A.  scutellare ,  Mexico,  A.  vicarium 
Orizaba,  A.  strenuum,  Oajaca,  A.  varipes,  St.  Domingo,  A,  tibiale, 
West  Coast  America,  A.  luridescens,  Honduras. 

f 

MANTIDES. 

H.  de  Saussure  (Mel.  Orth.,  1869)  describes  as  new  Gonatista 
Cubensis,  Cuba ;  Acontista  Cordillerce ,  Stagmomantis  Nahua ,  Mexico  ; 
Thespis  Cubensis ,  Cuba;  Oligonyx  bicornis,  Mex.  In  the  same,  1870, 
239,  0.  Scudderi ,  N.  America. 

H.  de  Saussure  (Mem.  Mantides  Amer.)  redescribes  with  many 
notes  and  family  and  generic  characters,  our  American  species  of  this 
family.  He  gives  descriptions  of  the  following  new  species  (some 
previously  noticed  in  abstract  in  Bulletin  Ent.  Suisse,  iii,  1869,  which 
T^e  have  not  seen)  Acontista  Cordillerce  from  Mexico ;  A.  multicolor, 
Gaudeloupe  ;  Stagmomantis  Nahua,  Orizaba,  Cordova,  S.  Carolina  and 
a  Mexican  var. ;  Phasmomantis  Sumiclirasti,  Cordova  and  Orizaba ; 
Amelis  Mexicana,  Miclioacan,  Mex. ;  Iris  Antillarum,  St.  Thomas,  St. 
Domingo;  Oligonyx  (n.  gen.)  bicornis ,  Alvarado,  Isthmus  of  Tehaun- 
tepec;  Thespis  (n.  gen.)  Cubensis,  Cuba;  Pseudacantliops  (n.  gen.)  cce- 
lebs,  Mex.;  Vates pectinata,  Mexico? ;  V.  Tolteca,  Mex. 

The  following  species  are  referred  to  new  genera  proposed  by  the 
author  in  this,  or  works  published  since  1868  :  3f.  grisea  Fabr.  and  31. 
ornata  Stoll,  to  Gonatista;  31.  Carolina  Linn.,  M.  dimidiata  Bunn., 
31.  Domingeyisis  Beauv.  and  31.  latipennis,  Burm.,  to  Stagmomantis. 

BLATTARIJE. 

H.  de  Saussure  (Melanges  orthopterologiques,  1869)  describes  as 
new  Theganopteryx  fallax,  Mexico?,  Anaplecta  otomia,  Mexico. 

F.  Walker  (Cat.  Blatt.,  1870)  describes  as  new  Blabera  quadrifera , 


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Mexico,  B.  subspurcata ,  St.  Domingo  and  Brazil,  Libisoca  (n.  g.)  ceqna- 
lis ,  St.  Domingo,  Lisapona  (n.  g.)  marginalise  Honduras,  Panchlora 
tripartita ,  Orizaba,  Proscatea ?  illepeda ,  St.  Domingo,  Z etobora  sigillata , 
Honduras,  Euthyrrapha  mordelloides ,  Orizaba,  Epilampra  sabulosa,  E. 
microspila,  St.  Domingo,  Blatta  latimargo ,  Hong  Kong  and  Honduras, 
2?.  insularis,  B.  reticulosa,  Jamaica,  J5.  incisa,  St.  Domingo  and  Mauri¬ 
tius?  Ischnoptera  vacillans,  St.  Domingo,  J.  nigricollis,  Georgia,  I.  ter- 
minalis,  Jamaica,  Periplaneta  repanda}  Honduras,  St.  Domingo,  Philip¬ 
pines,  Ceram,  P.  subcincta,  Oajaca,  P.  inclusa,  St.  Domingo  and  New 
Hebrides,  P.  floridana ,  N.  Americana,  P.  semipicta ,  Florida,  Nycti- 
bora  stygia,  St.  Domingo  and  Honduras,  Polyzosteria  panesthoides , 
Jamaica,  Perisphceria  detersa ,  Jamaica.  In  supplement,  Zetobora  gutti- 
pennis ,  South  Mexico. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Nat.,  iv,  1870,  620).  The  Caudal  Styles 
of  Insects  Sense  Organs,  i.  e.,  abdominal  Antennae.  The  sense  organs 
in  the  short  anal  stylets  of  Periplaneta  Americana  are  briefly  described 
and  supposed  to  be  organs  of  smell.  Similar  organs  are  described  in 
the  palpi  of  Chrysopila,  a  dipter,  and  also  supposed  to  be  smelling 
organs. 

FOitFICULARIJE. 

F.  Meinert  (Nat.  Tids.,  v,  1870)  describes  on  p.  279  as.  new  Labi- 
dura  advena  from  Jamaica. 


NEUROPTERA. 

9 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Naturalist,  v,  91)  Bristle  Tails 
and  Spring  Tails.  In  this  paper  is  given  a  general  account  of 
the  Thysanura,  with  a  description  of  the  mouth-parts  of  an 
undescribed  Lepisma.  Packard  thinks  that  the  Lepismidse  and 
Campodem  do  not  “diverge  from  the  Neuropterous  type  any 
more  than  the  Mallopliaga,  or  biting  lice,  do  from  the  type  of 
Hemiptera.”  He  considers  Campodea  as  affording  a  passage 
from  the  winged  Neuroptera  to  the  Poduridse.  A  description 
of  the  mouth-parts  of  Tomocerus  plumbeus  is  given,  with  wood- 
cuts,  and  also  of  an  organ  overlooked  by  previous  observers 
which  he  is  disposed  to  consider  as  in  part  representing  the 
ovipositor  of  other  insects.  He  regards  the  “Lipuridse”  as  a 
subdivision  of  Poduridse  rather  than  a  distinct  family. 


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A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Proceedings  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiii, 
405).  New  or  rare  American  Nenroptera,  etc. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (1st  Ann.  Rep.  Injurious  and  Beneficial 
Insects,  Mass.).  Contains  notices  and  figures  of  two  Libellulid 
larvae. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Nat.,  v,  564).  The  Embryology  of 
Chrysopa,  and  its  Bearings  on  the  Classification  of  the  Neu- 
roptera.  In  this  paper  the  author  divides  the  larvae  of  insects 
into  two  general  forms,  the  leptiform  and  eruciform.  The 
leptiform  have  a  flattened  or  oval  body,  with  large  thoracic  legs, 
such  as  the  larvae  of  the  mites  and  most  Neuroptera,  Orthoptera, 
Hemiptera,  and  many  Coleoptera ;  while  the  eruciform  have 
long  cylindrical  flesly  bodies,  as  the  larvae  of  the  Diptera,  Lep- 
idoptera  and  Hymenoptera.  “The  larvae  of  the  earliest  Insects 
were  probably  leptiform,  and  the  eruciform  condition  is  conse¬ 
quently  an  acquired  one,  as  suggested  by  Fritz  Muller 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Memoirs  of  Peabody  Acad.  Science) 
Embry ological  Studies  on  Diplax,  Perithemis,  and  .the  Thysan- 
urous  genus  Isotoma.  The  embiyology  of  Diplax  and  Peri¬ 
themis,  is  said  to  agree  with  that  of  Calopteryx  and  Agrion  as 
described  by  Brandt.  The  embryology  of  Isotoma  agrees  in  all 
important  particulars  with  that  of  other  insects,  and  especially 
the  Phryganeidse  as  described  by  Zaddach.  A  period  late  in 
embryonic  life  is  described  when  the  epicranium,  clypeus  and 
labrum,  and  mouth  parts  are  much  as  in  the  embryo  of  Mysta- 
cides.  “From  tins  time  begins  the  process  of  degradation,  when 
the  insect  assumes  its  Thysanurous  characters,  which  consist  in 
an  approach  to  the  form  of  the  myriapodous  head.”  Packard 
states  that  the  “spring”  is  “homologous  with  the  third  pair  of 
blades  in  the  unjointed  ovipositor  of  the  higher  insects,  and 
seems  to  be  homologous  with  the  legs  and  cephalic  appendages.” 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Nat.,  V,  707)  The  Position  of  the 
Caddis  Flies.  A  Review  of  McLachlan’s  views  on  the  same 
subject.  They  are  considered  as  a  family  of  Neuroptera  (in  the 
Linnsean  sense). 

F.  Brauer  (Verh.  Zool.  Bot.  Gesellsch.  Wien).  Ueber  zwei 
neue  von  Prof.  D.  Bilimek  in  Mexico  endeckte  Insekten.  He 
describes  a  new  Phryganid  and  Agrionid. 


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PSOCIDJE. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  xiii,  405)  describes 
as  new  Amphientomum  Hagenii ,  from  Maine  and  Mass. 

LIBELLULID^B. 

P.  Brauer  (Verh.  Zool.  Bot.  Gesellsch.  Wien)  describes  as  new 
from  Mexico  Xipliocentron  BilimeJcii. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (1st  Ann.  Bep.  Inj.  and  Ben.  Insects,  30)  de¬ 
scribes  and  figures  the  larva  of  Cordulia  lateralis  Burm.,  identified 
by  Dr.  Hagen,  and  of  Didymops  ? 

HEMEROBIIDJE. 

A.  S.  PacKARD,  Jr.  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  N.  H.,  xiii,  407)  notices  the 
occurrence  of  Psectra  dipterus  Burm.,  at  Brunswick,  Maine,  not  before 
detected  in  America. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Nat.,  v,  564)  in  a  paper  on  the  Embry¬ 
ology  of  Chrysopa,  and  its  bearings  on  the  classification  of  the  Neu- 
roptera,  gives  a  sketch  of  the  embryology  of  Chrysopa,  which  in  its 
latter  stages  is  identical  with  that  of  the  Libellulidae. 

PHEYGANEID  JE . 

P.  Brauer  (Verh.  Zool.  Bot.,  Gesellsch.  Wien)  describes  as  new 
from  Mexico  Paraphlebia  hyalina. 

PANORPIDJE. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  N.  H.,  xiii,  408)  describes  as 
new  Boreas  Californicus  from  Siskiyou  Co.,  Cal. 

CAMPODEiE. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  N.  H.,  xiii,  409)  describes  as 
new  Campodea  Americana  from  Salem,  Mass.,  and  in  the  American 
Naturalist,  v.  747,  C.  Cookei  from  Mammoth  Cave. 


ARACHNID  A. 

Belleroye  (Bulletin  de  la  Societe  d’Histoire  naturelle  du 
department  de  la  Moselle,  Metz,  1870),  gives  a  description  of 
Mygale  Mexicana  n.  sp.,  from  Mexico. 

C.  S.  Minot  (Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  page  20),  Notice 


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of  My  gale  Ilentzii  Gir.,  and  Pompilus  formosus ,  which  preys 
on  it. 

A.  Ausserer  (Verhandlungen  der  Zoologisch  Botanisch  Ges- 
ellschaft  in  Wien,  1871,  Yol.  xxi,  page  117).  Beitrage  znr  der 
Territelarise.  This  articles  contains  descriptions  of  the  follow¬ 
ing  North  American  species :  Atypus  niger  Hentz,  Massachu¬ 
setts  ;  Antrodicetus  unicolor  —My gale  unicolor  Hentz,  Alabama  ; 
Closterochilus  gracilis  —  Mygale  gracilis  Hentz,  Therogretes 
Wcdckenceri ,  North  America;  Madognatha  Abbotii  Walck,  N. 
America  ;  Charizops  loricatus  —  Actinops  loricatus  Koch,  Mex¬ 
ico  ;  Cyclosmia  truncata  —  Mygale  truncata  Hentz,  Alabama  ; 
Pachylomerus  solstitialis  —  Mygale  solstitialis  Hentz,  Alabama  ; 
Diplura  macrura  Koch,  West  Indies  ;  Crypsidromus  innocuus , 
Havana  ;  Euryplema  mordax  Texas  ;  E.  Galifornica  Dol.,  Cal¬ 
ifornia  ;  E.  leiogaster  Dol.,  California;  E.  spinier  as,  Cuba. 

E.  D.  Cope. (Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.,  4th  S.,  Yol.  8,  p.  368) 
in  an  article  on  “Life  in  the  Wyandotte  Cave”  mentions  an 
AraneaASkz  and  an  Opilio- like  spider  as  found  in  the  cave. 

John  Blackwall  (Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.,  4th  S.,  Yol.  8, 
No.  48,  Die.  1871,  pp.  429-436),  Notice  of  spiders  captured  by 
Miss  Hunter  in  Montreal,  Upper  Canada,  with  descriptions  of 
species  supposed  to  be  new  to  Arachnologists.  He  describes  as 
new  Lycosa  Canadensis ,  Philodromus  obscurus ,  Drassus  Hum- 
terce ,  D.  diversus ,  and  Ergatis  diligens .  He  also  mentions 
Drassus  vasifer  Walck.,  Theridion  tepidariorum  C.  Koch,  Epeira 
servicata  C.  Koch,  and  E.  cucurbitina  Walck. 

J.  H.  Emerton  (Amer.  Nat.  Yol.  5,  p.  148)  gives  an  account 
of  “Flying  Spiders,”  with  a  figure. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Nat.  Yol.  5,  p.  47),  gives  an 
account  of  the  spiders  thus  far  found  in  the  Mammoth  Cave, 
with  figures.  They  are  Anthrobia  mammouthia  Tellkf.,  and 
Acanthocheir  armata  Lucas  ( Phalangodes  armcita  Tellkf.) 

AC  AKIN  A. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Jour.  Sci.,  1,  Feb.,  107).  On  Insects  in¬ 
habiting  Salt  Water.  Descriptions  are  given  of  Thalassarachna  (n. 
gen.)  Verrillii  (with  figures)  dredged  in  twenty  fathoms  at  Eastport, 
Maine;  and  Hydrachna  tricolor ,  New  Haven,  Conn. 


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MYRIOPODA. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.,  4th  S.,  Yol.  7, 
p.  72),  gives  a  note  on  a  remarkable  Myriopocl,  Pauropus  Lub- 
bockii  nov.  sp.  from  Salem,  Mass.  (Copied  from  Amer.  Nat. 
Dec.  1870).  See  also  for  a  fuller  description  Proc.  Bost.  Soc. 
Nat.  Hist.,  xiii,  1871,  409. 

In  the  American  Naturalist  (1871,  iv,  736)  he  publishes  a 
note  on  “The  Ancestry  of  Insects”  in  which  he  suggests  that 
the  Myriopods,  Arachnids  and  Hexapods  have  descended  from 
a  Leptiform  insect.  He  does  not  regard  the  insects  as  having 
been  evolved  either  from  a  zoea  or  nauplius  form,  and  refers 
the  ancestry  of  both  classes  (the  Insecta  and  Crustacea)  inde¬ 
pendently  of  each  other  to  the  worms. 

A.  Humbert  et  H.  de  Saussure  (Yerh.  Zool.  Bot.  Gesellscli. 
Wien,  xix,  1869.  669-692.)  Description  de  divers  Myriapodes 
du  Musee  de  Yienne.  Ser.  1.  Comprenant  la  famille  des  Poly- 
desmides. 

A.  Humbert  et  H.  de  Saussure  (Revue  et  Mag.  de  Zoologie, 
1869,  149-159)  Myriapoda  nova  Americana. 

E.  D.  Cope  (Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.,  4th  S.,  Yol.  8,  p.  368) 
in  an  article  on  “Life  in  the  Wyandotte  Cave,”  mentions  a 
species  of  Pseudotremia  as  found  in  the  cave. 

A.  S.  Packard,  Jr.  (Amer.  Nat.,  Vol.  5,  p.  748),  describes 
and  figures  Spirostreplion  Copei  nov.  sp.  from  the  Mammoth 
Cave.  The  species  is  blind.  Mention  is  also  made  of  other 
species  found  in  caves,  and  the  validity  of  the  genus  Pseudo- 
tremia  is  questioned. 

CHILOPODA. 

Humbert  et  Saussure  (Rev.  et.  Mag.  Zool.  1869)  describe  as  new 
Lithobius  Aztecus ,  L.  Mystecus,  and  L.  Toltecus,  Scolopendra  Olmeca , 
S.  mystica,  S.  Sumichrasti,  Scolopocryptops  Mexicana ,  Newportia  Azteca , 
Geopldlus  Aztecus  and  Arthronomalus  Toltecus  from  Mexico. 

POLYDESMIDJE. 

Humbert  et  Saussure  (Yerh.  Zool.  Bot.  Gesellscli.  Wien.  1869) 
describe  as  new  Sphceriodesmus  gracilis,  Polydesmus  (Fontaria)  simil- 


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limits,  P.  (F.)  3Iystecus,  P.  (F.)  Acolhuus,  P.  (F.)  Zendolus,  P.  (F.) 
Nahuus,  Mexico,  P.  (Oxyurus)  Couloni,  Cuba,  P.  (O.)  Sumichrasti,  P. 
(0.)  Orizabce,  P.  (O.)  intermedins,  P.  (  Tropisoma )  coccineus,  P.  (Rachi- 
domorpha)  uncinatus,  aud  P.  (Scytonotus)  Woodianus,  Platydesmus 
Mexicanus,  Mexico. 

JULIDJ5E. 

Humbert  et  Saussure  (Rev.  et  Mag.  Zool.  1869)  describe  as  new 
Parajulus  (n.  gen.)  Olmecus,  Craspedosoma  3Iexicanum,  Spirobolus 
Nahuus,  and  S.  heteropygus,  Mexico. 

SIPHONOPHORIDJE. 

Humbert  et  Saussure  (Rev.  et  Mag.  Zool.  1869)  describe  as  new 
Siphonophora  Mexicana  from  Mexico. 


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